News

“We expect respect,” say migrants and refugees

calendar_today21 March 2019

Hatidza* (right) fled the threat of violence in their home country. She is receiving psychosocial support from a UNFPA-supported women's and girls' centre in Bosnia and Herzegovina. © UNFPA/Almir Budimlic
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Health, rights situation critical among women and girls in conflict-scarred Dara’a

calendar_today19 March 2019

After years of conflict, the population is seeing a cascade of health and human rights problems fall "like dominoes". © UNFPA Syria/Sufian Abdul-Mouty
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News

Leaders call for securing sexual and reproductive health and rights in Kenya’s largest slum

calendar_today11 March 2019

Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA's Executive Director, met with community role models in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Kenya. © UNFPA
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News

“Why me?” – Stigma, lack of information leave Myanmar youth in the dark on HIV

calendar_today10 January 2019

Condoms at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic. Sithu, 21, did not know how to protect himself from HIV. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
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News

In Burundi, sexual health education helps youth protect themselves, their futures

calendar_today18 January 2019

Young people outside a youth-friendly health centre in Kamenge, Bujumbura. © UNFPA/Chiara Frisone
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News

Fear and exhaustion shadow Venezuelan women on the long trek to Peru

calendar_today28 February 2019

“We have been traveling for a week without being able to sleep, take a shower or eat well. I get tired easily, and have vomiting and headaches," said Mariana, who is five months pregnant. © UNFPA Peru
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News

Female Islamic preachers call for women’s rights, contraception in Niger

calendar_today27 February 2019

In this Islamic study group, older women bring up questions that younger women are too embarrassed to raise. © UNFPA WCARO/Habibou Dia
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News

118-truck convoy delivers urgent aid to stranded residents in Rukban, Syria

calendar_today16 February 2019

UNFPA brought critical reproductive health supplies to resident of the settlement, where conditions are dire. © UN in Syria
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Press release

The Nairobi Summit to Advance the ICPD Programme of Action

calendar_today18 January 2019

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Publication date

Feb 2019

Author

UNFPA Yemen

Resources

UNFPA Humanitarian Response in Yemen 2019

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