UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem's message on the crisis in Gaza. UNFPA joins the call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, so that aid can reach those who have been affected by the complete siege of Gaza this October. Among the 2.2 million affected population in Gaza, 1 in 4 are women and girls of reproductive age, around 572,000, and they need urgent access to reproductive health supplies and services.
In Gaza, 50,000 women are currently pregnant. Almost 160 women will give birth every day amid the violence. Most are unable to access health services.
With bombs raining down on hospitals and United Nations shelters, the people of #Gaza have nowhere safe to go.
UNFPA, the UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency, calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
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An estimated 3,000 women of reproductive age are affected by Saturday’s earthquake in Afghanistan.
Jaime Nadal, UNFPA Afghanistan representative, describes from Herat how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is providing urgent maternal and reproductive health care.
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Why do UNFPA and the humanitarian workers we support continue to help the seemingly endless number of women and girls in need? Because we care, and we know you do too.
Learn more about our mission to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
With humanitarian needs at record levels, UNFPA aid workers around the world make heroic efforts to support women, girls and those with disabilities, often amidst chaos and danger.
On World Humanitarian Day, watch UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd’s call for a worldwide end to violence against humanitarian workers and women and girls.
More than one month after the earthquakes in Türkiye, survivors are trying to continue their lives one way or another while the rubble is still being removed.
Zeynep Atılgan Özgenç, Communications Specialist at UNFPA Türkiye, sheds light on the specific needs of women and girls affected by this devastating humanitarian crisis.
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One year on from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, millions of women and children have experienced unspeakable horrors and been exposed to trauma.
See what UNFPA is doing to ensure that their health and rights remain at the centre of the humanitarian response.
Millions of people have been affected by the deadly earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, including thousands of pregnant women.
Learn more about how UNFPA is providing urgent reproductive healthcare for women and girls in Türkiye and Syria.