News

Midwives go door-to-door amid flooding in Peru, reaching thousands with critical health services

Miryam Coello is visited by one of UNFPA’s midwives at her home in the Veintiséis de Octubre district in Piura. © UNFPA Peru
  • 27 December 2023
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News

Women and girls’ rights are an unseen casualty of the crisis in Syria

“It was the worst experience of our lives, even after 10 years of crisis in Syria,” explained Khadija, a 28-year-old Syrian woman from Deir ez-Zor, who recently survived a harrowing journey as she gave birth to her sixth child while fleeing violence in her hometown. © UNFPA Syria
  • 10 May 2022
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Midwives in Gaza receive much-needed supplies to ensure safe births

Published on: 09/01/2024

From the newly created UNRWA field hospital in Gaza, UNFPA Palestine Representative Dominic Allen tells us the catastrophic situation on the ground.

With hospitals being far over capacity, midwives and doctors are beyond exhausted.

UNFPA is committed to providing them with much-needed support and supplies.

UNFPA Philippines 8th Country Programme Evaluation (2019-2023)

UNFPA Philippines 8th Country Programme Evaluation (2019-2023)

2023

Country

Asia & the Pacific

Philippines

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This evaluation aims to demonstrate accountability of performance of the eighth country programme of UNFPA Philippines, generating lessons learned on how to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the 1994 ICPD and achieving the SDGs. It also aims to support learning through broadening the evidence-base of achievements within the organization and to inform the design of the next programme cycle of UNFPA Philippines.

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Pregnant women in Gaza urgently need life-saving care

Published on: 22/12/2023

“Pregnancy in these circumstances is an extraordinary suffering,” says Seba (28), who is 9 months pregnant and has two children.

People in Gaza don’t have water, food, enough blankets, hygiene facilities, and the medical assistance they need.

Let Seba share her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency— is providing life-saving support to pregnant women in shelters in the southern Gaza Strip. Learn more.

News

Heroes amid crises – 8 stories of resilience and hope from 2023

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
  • 21 December 2023
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Pregnant woman in Gaza suffers miscarriage

Published on: 20/11/2023

Alaa is one of the many pregnant women in Gaza who have been losing their babies from stress and malnutrition.

Hear her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is taking action to make motherhood safer.

Learn more here.

Re-advertised: Programme Coordinator -SRHR, Johannesburg, ESARO, P-4

  • Level: P-4
  • Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
  • Closing date: 25 Jan 2024 05:00 AM (America/New_York)
  • Duty station: Johannesburg, South Africa

Publication

Our Bodies, Our Rights! Addressing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Gender-based Violence for Women and Young People with Disabilities

Presentation slides for the Virtual Workshop Curriculum for Organizations of Persons with Disabilities

Number of pages: 131

Publication date: 30 Nov 2023

Author: United National Population Fund (UNFPA) and Women Enabled International (WEI)

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Publication

Our Bodies, Our Rights! Addressing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Gender-based Violence for Women and Young People with Disabilities

Virtual Workshop Curriculum for Organizations of Persons with Disabilities

Number of pages: 144

Publication date: 30 Nov 2023

Author: United National Population Fund (UNFPA) and Women Enabled International (WEI)

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