Natalia is a UNFPA-supported psychologist who is working with Ukrainian women and girls who fled into Moldova.

“The war trauma haunts them all. They feel lost and don’t know where to go next,” she says.

Learn how UNFPA is providing refugees from Ukraine with the support they need. 

On her recent visit to a refugee shelter in Moldova, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem met women who fled the war in Ukraine with just what they could carry.

Many of them fear for their future as they do not know where to go or what to do.

Their rights, needs and safety must be prioritized.

Learn more about the war in Ukraine. 

Elena and her teenage daughter Tatiana fled the war in Odessa, Ukraine to seek shelter in Chișinău, Moldova. To this day, more than 2.5 million Ukrainians have crossed borders into neighboring countries. Like Elena and Tatiana, most of them are women and children who left their husbands, fathers, brothers and sons behind. Learn more. 

Maria, 25, is a single mother of a 18-month-old son who left her parents and two brothers behind in Odessa. She is one of over 874,000 Ukrainian refugees seeking refuge in neighboring countries. The figure is rising exponentially and could reach into the millions in a matter of weeks. Learn more. 

From a bomb shelter in #Kyiv, Jaime Nadal who leads @UNFPA’s work in #Ukraine tells us what the situation is on the ground. We will stay, deliver and scale up our life-saving services to people in need across the country.