News

Escape from Fallujah: Pregnant residents describe life on the run from ISIL

19 August 2016
Dignity kits are distributed in a camp in Amiriyat Fallujah. © Tajdid NGO
1
News

As crisis escalates in Yemen, pregnant women need essential care

16 August 2016
Women and girls have been disproportionately affected by the conflict in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen/Fahmia Al-Fotih
1
News

Emerging from slavery, Yazidi women struggle to recover

08 August 2016
Dozens of survivors of abduction and enslavement are receiving care at a UNFPA-supported women’s centre in northern Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq
1
News

Local Egyptian heroine aims to end “huge” suffering caused by FGM

18 July 2016
More than nine in 10 adult women in Egypt have been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). In rural Upper Egypt, Hoda Hamed is trying to end the practice. © UNFPA Egypt/Sima Diab
1
News

Getting help to nomad moms on the move in West Darfur

12 July 2016
Zahra Zakaria was in labour for three days in a tent in West Darfur. A Caesarean section saved her and her son. © UNFPA
1
Subscribe to ASRO