“I was almost unconscious, vomiting, feverish.”
Nadine was moments away from delivering her baby when she was trapped at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank.
Maternity care is essential to save lives, especially in humanitarian settings.
Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is working to ensure safe birth.
Women and girls in Myanmar require urgent support after the recent earthquake.
Further funds are essential to meet their humanitarian needs.
Hear from our Myanmar Country Representative Jaime Nadal about how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding.
“It’s women and girls again who bear the brunt of all these conflict situations.”
UNFPA Deputy Executive Director (Management) Andrew Saberton explains the challenging situation on the ground in Lebanon.
See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is providing support.
The Central African Republic is one of the worst countries in the world to be a woman.
Why? Because most women in the country are illiterate, live in poverty and experience gender-based violence on a widespread scale.
Hear some of their stories and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action to help them learn new skills.
Over one million refugees have fled to Chad to escape the war in Sudan.
The majority are women and children who have survived horrific violence.
“We have lost everything. Our homes, families and security,” says Souat, a Sudanese refugee living in Farchana Refugee Camp in Chad.
Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is providing a lifeline for refugee women and girls in need.
Meet Wasila, a refugee, entrepreneur and baker.
The violent civil war in Sudan forced her to flee her home.
With support from UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, she now runs her own baking business in the Central African Republic.
Stand with refugees and let her story of resilience inspire you.
A fragile ceasefire in Gaza has provided a desperately needed respite for Palestinians, but the humanitarian crisis remains dire.
Women and girls are calling on the international community to ensure that peace prevails.
Nestor Owomuhangi, UNFPA Representative in Palestine, stresses why UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—needs more funding to continue providing women and girls in need with life-saving support.
See how you can help too.
Over 2 million people have been impacted by the catastrophic flooding in Chad.
The climate crisis has also become a personal crisis for women like Gloria and Chanceline, who lost everything.
Hear their stories and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding.
Sudan’s brutal civil war destroyed Daralssalam’s life overnight.
She’s one of the more than 1 million refugees who have fled to Chad since the war broke out in Sudan in April 2023.
“We need the war to stop,” she says.
See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive rights agency—is supporting her and other displaced Sudanese women in need.
Nowhere is safe in Gaza.
Health workers have been attacked, hospitals have been destroyed and families have nowhere to go.
See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action.