News

“I felt I was in hell” – Escalating hostilities threaten thousands of pregnant women in Yemen’s Hodeidah

08 August 2018

A post-partum mother with her newborn at the Al Thawra Hospital maternity ward. © UNFPA Yemen

News

In Türkiye, refugee child marriages drive adolescent pregnancies underground

26 July 2018

Pregnant child brides need extra attention, says Huda, a UNFPA midwife in the Hayati Harrani women's and girl's safe space. “But our hands are tied because so few come for care.” © UNFPA Türkiye/Usenabasi Esiet

Resources

Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #69 May 2018

Resource date: 31 May 2018

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

News

Midwives deployed to remote Afghanistan to lower maternal death rate

10 July 2018

Family health houses are helping midwives provide reproductive health care in far-flung parts of Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan

News

After ‘Volcano of Fire’ eruption, women and girls face heightened risks

05 July 2018

Women and girls require security, health care and other services in the aftermath of the disaster. © UNFPA Guatemala/Carlos Sebastián

News

Health facilities, safe spaces reinforced as monsoon rains threaten Rohingya refugees

02 July 2018

As the monsoon season hits Cox's Bazar, refugees at Kutapalong refugee camp and elsewhere fear they are vulnerable to landslides. © UNHCR/Adam Dean

News

Reaching “forgotten” Rohingya in Myanmar cut off from basic maternal care

11 June 2018

Phu Tu Nee, 19, gave birth with a UNFPA clean delivery kit as the first tropical storm of the monsoon season descended on the camps and villages of “forgotten” Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming

News

Finding a way out of child marriage and towards a vocation

04 June 2018

Children run towards the sprawl of Domiz 1 camp in northeastern Iraq, where UNFPA-supported women’s and youth centres provide support and care for Syrian refugees. © UNHCR/B. Sokol/November 2012

Resources

Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #68 April 2018

Resource date: 30 April 2018

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

News

First monsoon rains descend on Rohingya refugee camps, omen of challenges ahead

27 April 2018

Early monsoon rains have arrived in Cox's Bazar, reigniting fears about the health and safety of refugees. A refugee woman in a muddy camp in late 2017. © UNFPA/Prince Naymuzzaman

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