News

2020 Year in Review: Top 5 stories affecting women and girls

In pandemic times, midwives around the world like Selina Akter in Bangladesh helped deliver a safer world. Image courtesy of Selina Akter
  • 28 December 2020
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Mongolian women get help to escape violence even amid pandemic

Gender-based violence has increased during the global pandemic. © UNFPA Mongolia | Photo for representational purposes only and does not relate to this story or the survivor of gender-based violence featured in this story.
  • 17 December 2020
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After years of conflict, Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, a UNFPA 2021 appeal shows

Midwives from a UNFPA mobile team visit a temporary shelter at an internally displaced persons camp in Marib, Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 07 December 2020
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Young women face greatest threat from intimate partner violence, new UNFPA data dashboard shows

UNFPA's new data dashboard shows who are most vulnerable to intimate partner violence. Younger women face some of the greatest risks. © UNFPA Zimbabwe
  • 02 December 2020
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Resources

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Dashboard Infographic

Resource date: Dec 2020

Publisher: UNFPA

Reliable and comparable data on violence against women is essential for prevention and response efforts. UNFPA’s first geospatial dashboard on intimate partner violence focuses on sub-national data. It features disaggregated data on IPV by age, place of residence, employment, education, and household wealth, and includes data for 119 countries.

News

Groups already vulnerable to HIV face increased risks during COVID-19 pandemic

A clinic in Kenya provides sensitive sexual and reproductive health services to a variety of clients, including sex workers. © UNFPA/Luis Tato
  • 01 December 2020
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UNFPA welcomes Isha Sesay as UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador

Published on: 25/11/2020

  

Enough is Enough! Isha Sesay's message on the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

Published on: 25/11/2020

  

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem's Message on the 16 Days of Activism against GBV

Published on: 24/11/2020

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Ethiopian refugees in Sudan in dire need of protection, reproductive health care

A woman receives health services at a transit point in Hamdayet. © UNFPA Sudan/Sufian Abdul-Mouty
  • 21 November 2020
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