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Women and girls fleeing conflict in South Lebanon are vulnerable in crowded shelters
October 11, 2024Women fleeing the escalating conflict in South Lebanon are at increased risk of gender-based violence.
Dominic Allen, UNFPA Arab States Deputy Regional Director, spoke to some of them when he visited a government-supported shelter in Beirut this week which is hosting around 800 people.
See what women and girls there told him about their hopes and fears and how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive agency—working with our partners, is providing them with crucial care.
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Giving birth in Gaza (Part 3): Khalid
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Giving birth in Gaza (Part 2): Labor
September 3, 2024After months of being repeatedly displaced around Gaza, Malak, 22, faced an uncertain three hour drive to reach the hospital when she went into labor.
Let her describe the unthinkable struggle of bringing life into the world amid the war in Palestine.
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Giving birth in Gaza (Part 1): Pregnancy interrupted
August 27, 2024Malak, 22, was pregnant when the war in Gaza started.
Forced to flee the bombs and tanks, she spent months being repeatedly displaced and searching desperately for prenatal care.
See the terrible reality for pregnant women like Malak of giving birth in Gaza.
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A mother of seven in Haiti recovers from sexual assault by gang members
July 23, 2024Women and girls in Haiti face daily horrors due to ongoing gang violence.
Hear Esther* tell her terrifying story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting the care she's receiving.
*Name changed for protection
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Hospital in Gaza reopens after relentless attacks
July 12, 2024Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis was a scene of death and destruction two months ago.
Now, thanks to the strength of the people of Gaza, it's functioning again and helping women give birth safely amid the devastation of war.
Hear from Dominic Allen, Representative for UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—in Palestine and Judith Starkulla, Head of UNFPA Gaza Office, on their recent visit.
See the latest on our humanitarian response.
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Babies in intensive care in Gaza hospital forced to be evacuated
July 8, 2024Patients, including four babies in intensive care, are leaving the European Gaza Hospital following evacuation orders for KhanYounis.
Let UNFPA Representative for the State of Palestine, Dominic Allen describe how UNFPA and UN agencies are helping doctors.
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Helping women give birth safely in Gaza amid Rafah military assault
May 21, 2024Rafah is under attack and the already desperate condition for thousands of pregnant women is getting worse every day.
See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action to make motherhood safer at the International Medical Corps (IMC) field hospital in Gaza as the military assault on Rafah leads to more trauma and death. Learn more.
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Babies are dying in Gaza hospital due to lack of ventilators
April 1, 2024“Most babies will die.”
There aren’t enough ventilators at Al-Emirati Hospital in Rafah, Gaza to support the babies being born there.
Let Dr. Ahmed Al-Shaer, Deputy Head of the Incubator Care Unit at the hospital, describe the desperate situation and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding to mothers and babies in need.
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Life-saving care for women in Gaza trampled, after 200 days of war
April 24, 2024Pregnancy and motherhood in Gaza are now fraught with danger as hunger and the diseases that stalk it thrive.
Al-Shifa hospital—where mothers and babies once received life-saving care—is in ruins.
The only way back from this nightmare is for a ceasefire NOW.
Let UNFPA Palestine representative Dominic Allen show you the destruction and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding.