International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

19 June 2025

Global

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Don’t let the lights go out: UNFPA urges support for women and girls in the world’s most neglected crises

A woman and her baby sit in a camp for displaced people in the Dayniile district of Mogadishu, Somalia. © UNFPA Somalia / Usame Nur Hussein
  • 28 May 2025
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Statement

UNFPA Statement: Don't Let the Lights Go Out on Women and Girls in Neglected Crises

19 May 2025

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Don’t let the lights go out on women and girls

Published on: 16/05/2025

In war zones and disaster areas, mothers and babies are being forgotten.

With humanitarian funding at a historic low, women and girls in the most neglected crises are being left without care or protection.

Help UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—stop the world turning the #LightsOut on them.

Don’t let the lights go out on women and girls in crises

News

Giving birth under fire in North Kivu, as conflict grips the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A midwife working in a UNFPA-supported mobile health clinic hands Francine her newborn daughter, Amani. ©UNFPA DRC / Jonas Yunus
  • 12 February 2025
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“I came to help my sisters”: As Chad grapples with record floods and a refugee crisis, midwives are bridging the divide

A woman collects clean drinking water in a camp sheltering more than 4,000 displaced people after the Chari River flooded in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, in October 2024. Credit: © UNFPA Chad / Karel Prinsloo
  • 17 December 2024
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“You don’t see young women in some camps”: Harrowing reports of sexual violence and healthcare attacks in Sudan’s Aj Jazirah State

A UNFPA mobile health team member provides health services for displaced women and children in Gedaref, in eastern Sudan. More than 135,000 people have been displaced from Aj Jazirah state since October 20, following a wave of armed violence. Credit: UNFPA Sudan
  • 19 November 2024
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What women and girls need most as climate disasters and displacement wreak havoc across the world

Georgette and her baby, Freddy, wait to be seen at the Maroalakely health centre, where UNFPA staff also helped register the baby for a birth certificate. © UNFPA Madagascar/Jean Martin
  • 18 November 2024
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In Sudan, city’s last remaining hospital shelled: “We need support now”

A newborn in Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital after large portions of the hospital were demolished in artillery fire. © Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital
  • 28 October 2024
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