Press Release

Ebola Wiping Out Gains in Safe Motherhood

16 October 2014
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Child marriage takes a brutal toll on Syrian girls

15 October 2014
Nour, 12, was forced into an abusive marriage. She is now receiving support from the staff at the UNFPA-supported Al Halbouni clinic in Damascus, Syria. Credit: UNFPA, Hamada Smesem
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Saving Haiti's Mothers

April 8, 2010

On the ground in Haiti, working to save the lives of mothers during childbirth. This video was original aired on NOW on Public Television, January, 2010.

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Trailer: 2010 State of World Population Report

December 4, 2010
From Conflict and Crisis to Renewal: 
generations of change
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Birth Amid Chaos in Gaza

December 4, 2010

The birth of a child is a moment of excitement as well as anxiety. But in Gaza, it is even more stressful/ it may mean risking your life. We meet a courageous midwife who is improving the odds for many mothers and babies.

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Healing the Wounds of War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

December 4, 2010

The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina may have ended 15 years ago, but for some 20,000 women, the legacy of wartime rape lives on. Women of all ethnic groups are still trying to cope with the psychological effects of violence perpetrated against them.

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Protecting women post-Haiyan

June 21, 2014
UNFPA is working with the Philippine National Police to keep women and girls safe after the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan.
 
From December 2013

UNFPA's Second Generation Humanitarian Strategy offers a vision and plan for mainstreaming humanitarian programming Fund-wide. It ensures that UNFPA's humanitarian action is well coordinated, timely, and scalable — before, during and after a crisis — and focuses on the mandated areas of reproductive health, population dynamics, gender equality, gender-based violence, and young people in crisis situations.

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Safe delivery services come to Domiz refugee camp, Iraq

02 October 2014
Dr. Lava Abdul Rahman works with Syrian refugees at the UNFPA maternity clinic in Domiz Camp in northern Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA/Millat Horiri
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Fear of health workers fuels Ebola crisis in Guinea

03 October 2014
A health official in Guinea, where UNFPA assisting in the Ebola response. Photo credit: UNFPA Guinea
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