Violence against women escalates under Yemen's brutal conflict

31 October 2016

Violence against women was widespread even before the current conflict, but experts say abuses are becoming even more commonplace. A women's shelter in a port city in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen

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Health facilities devastated in Hurricane Matthew: “I couldn’t have left the women there to die”

25 October 2016

Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti on 4 October, unleashing the greatest devastation the country has seen since the 2010 earthquake. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright

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Giving girls a voice in Zika-affected communities

21 October 2016

Barbara, Jocelly and Maria Eduarda after attending a reproductive health seminar in Goiana, Brazil. © UNFPA Brazil/Tatiana Almeida

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Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #49 1-30 September 2016

Resource date: 30 September 2016

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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UNFPA Response in Yemen Monthly Situation Report #08 – September 2016

Resource date: 30 September 2016

Author: UNFPA Yemen

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After harrowing escape, South Sudan woman welcomes healthy twins

04 October 2016

Nyador Dagey with her newborn twins in a UNFPA-supported clinic in Bentiu. © UNFPA South Sudan/Michael Gatluak Tuok

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“I am a prey to all men”: Refugee women endure poverty, harassment, isolation

03 October 2016

Muna was left to fend for her children alone in the Domiz refugee camp in Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq/Khetam Malkawi

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Companies pledge to help reduce childbirth deaths in crisis settings

21 September 2016

Residents flee brutal violence in the Rutshuru territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2012. Women give birth, even in wartime and disasters. © UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti

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Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #48 1-31 August 2016

Resource date: 31 August 2016

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

UNFPA in Türkiye, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, has supported six new health facilities, raising the number of UNFPA-supported health facilities to 23. UNFPA also opened three new women and girls safe spaces (WGSS) in Türkiye, raising the total number of WGSS from 20 to 23.

In Egypt, UNFPA opened two new WGSS in Cairo, raising the total number of WGSS to four.

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Sham: a story of hope amid darkness

September 16, 2016

Sham was born the day after her mother was evacuated from Daryaa, Syria. Her mother was transferred by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to the hospital so she could give birth safely.

After Sham was delivered, she and her mother were moved to the Hirjaleh shelter, where they have been receiving UNFPA-provided medical care and support.

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