Amid conflict, mental health care gives Yemeni survivor of violence a new lease on life

08 October 2019

In Yemen, exposure to trauma and violence is widespread as the conflict enters its fifth year. © UNFPA Yemen

This week's International Conference on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Crisis Situations will focus on survivors of trauma and conflict like Salwa.

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Global efforts show progress on making women and girls feel safe

30 September 2019

The comprehensive sexuality education workshops in Jujuy create safe spaces for youth to speak freely. © UNFPA Argentina/Clara Campos

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Leaders call on world to end scourge of gender violence

26 September 2019

South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have seen particularly widespread sexual and gender-based violence, both during and in the aftermath of conflict. © UNFPA DRC

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As Nairobi Summit approaches, time to move from talk to action on commitments

26 Sep 2019

From left to right and top to bottom: Saitoti Torome, Principal Secretary of the State Department of Planning at Kenya's National Treasury; UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem; and Rasmus Prehn, Development Cooperation Minister of Denmark. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Usiet

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Life-saving services at risk as humanitarian funding dries up in Yemen

06 September 2019

Om Asma and her baby survived thanks to a Caesarean section delivery at one of the few UNFPA-supported hospitals still open in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen

Resources

UNFPA 2018 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Management Plan

Resource date: 2019

Author: UNFPA

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Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage Country Profiles 2018

Resource date: 31 August 2019

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage Annual Report 2018

Resource date: 31 August 2019

Author: UNFPA and UNCIEF

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In this Comorian community, an ambulance horn is music to one’s ears

03 September 2019

The ambulance, provided in 2011, has eased the cost and difficulty of receiving emergency maternal and paediatric care. © UNFPA/Nasser Youssouf

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Urgent support needed for violence-affected women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

04 September 2019

A displacement camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by crises within the country. © UNFPA DRC

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