UNFPA believes that every Syrian woman and girl has the right to have access to affordable reproductive health care and be effectively protected from gender-based violence. UNFPA and its partners are scaling up efforts to empower and improve the lives of Syrian women and youth and impacted communities in host countries, including by advocating for human rights and gender equality, to better cope with and recover from the crisis.

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As Syrian crisis drags into fifth year, pregnant women caught in the middle

31 March 2015
A mother and her newborn in Syria. UNFPA estimates half a million women in Syria are pregnant and affected by the crisis, which is entering its fifth year. © UNFPA Syria
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Brushes and blushes: Livelihood skills help Syrian refugee escape child marriage

11 March 2015
A girl peeks from her one-room shelter in an informal settlment for Syrian refugees in Al-Marj, Lebanon. Desperation has pushed some Syrian refugee families to see child marriage as a way to relieve economic pressures. © UNFPA/ David Brunetti
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Finding justice for survivors of gender-based violence in Somalia

25 February 2015
A volunteer works in the community police unit in Garowe, Somalia. ©UNFPA/Pilirani Semu-Banda
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Fierce winter weather batters displaced Syrians throughout region

20 February 2015
Syrian refugees remove snow from their shelters at an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, during a January blizzard. © UNHCR/A. McConnell
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