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29 December 2023

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“We are the experts on disability”: Advocate Angeline Chand urges inclusive disaster preparedness and response in Fiji

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Angeline Chand is an advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities in Fiji and across the Pacific. ©UNFPA/Patrick Rose
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“We lost everything”: In Yemen, a mother’s grief lays bare the human cost of the climate crisis

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Umm Mahra, 38, has four children and has been living in a displacement camp in Yemen’s southwestern highlands for seven years. She had a miscarriage due to malnourishment and exhaustion. © UNFPA Yemen
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Midwives go door-to-door amid flooding in Peru, reaching thousands with critical health services

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Miryam Coello is visited by one of UNFPA’s midwives at her home in the Veintiséis de Octubre district in Piura. © UNFPA Peru
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Heroes amid crises – 8 stories of resilience and hope from 2023

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Midwife Rahna visits with new mother, 20-year-old Hanifa, whose home was destroyed in the 7 October earthquake that struck Herat province  in Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan / Ahmad Jamshid Qazizadah
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The climate crisis is putting women and girls in extreme danger

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The climate crisis is putting women and girls in extreme danger

The climate crisis is putting women and girls in extreme danger

The climate crisis is an emergency for everyone, but women and girls are paying a heavy price.

Climate change leads to more unintended pregnancies, more child marriages, more women dying during childbirth, more violence and more exploitation.

As world leaders gather for COP28, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem calls on them to protect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of vulnerable women and girls.

Learn more here.

Press release

The global climate crisis is putting women and girls in extreme danger, UNFPA warns in new data

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Press release

Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children

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Nov 2023

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WHO-UNICEF-UNFPA

Resources

Protecting maternal, newborn and child health from the impacts of climate change - A UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO call to action

A UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO call to action

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