News

When the water rises: How women are adapting to a changing climate in north-eastern Bangladesh

calendar_today05 August 2025

Anima Akhter, 24, stands with her husband Ruhul Amin, 30, and their two children outside their home in Bodipur village, Sunamganj. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Asma Akter
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Press release

UNFPA urges governments to act on climate and gender at Global Symposium ahead of COP30

calendar_today31 July 2025

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Video

Catastrophic flooding in Chad disproportionately affects women and girls

calendar_today10 February 2025

Catastrophic flooding in Chad disproportionately affects women and girls

Catastrophic flooding in Chad disproportionately affects women and girls

Over 2 million people have been impacted by the catastrophic flooding in Chad.

The climate crisis has also become a personal crisis for women like Gloria and Chanceline, who lost everything.

Hear their stories and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding.

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Women and girls need urgent support after the recent earthquake in Vanuatu

calendar_today06 January 2025

Women and girls need urgent support after the recent earthquake in Vanuatu

Women and girls need urgent support after the recent earthquake in Vanuatu

80,000 people, including 1,230 pregnant women, need humanitarian assistance after the devastating earthquake in Vanuatu.

“It pains me to see this vibrant country battered by yet another natural disaster,” says Dr. Natalia Kanem, who recently visited the Pacific island.

See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action.

17 December 2024

News

“I came to help my sisters”: As Chad grapples with record floods and a refugee crisis, midwives are bridging the divide

calendar_today17 December 2024

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
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12 November 2024

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Nov 2024

Resources

Disaster displacements disproportionately impact women, girls in fragile contexts

This analysis is the result of a collaboration between the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), looking into the scale and impact of disaster-related internal displacements on women and girls.

Press release

A warming planet, a world unraveling: Women and girls pay the price on the frontlines of the climate crisis, new UNFPA analysis finds

calendar_today19 November 2024

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News

A sisterhood of support: Improving maternity care in Ethiopia’s climate change-ravaged Somali region

calendar_today11 November 2024

A pregnant woman is attended to by a midwife at the Karamara Hospital in Ethiopia’s Somali region; every month health workers at the hospital safely assist some 600 deliveries. Credit: UNFPA Ethiopia
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