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Violence against women escalates under Yemen's brutal conflict

31 October 2016

Violence against women was widespread even before the current conflict, but experts say abuses are becoming even more commonplace. A women's shelter in a port city in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen

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Health facilities devastated in Hurricane Matthew: “I couldn’t have left the women there to die”

25 October 2016

Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti on 4 October, unleashing the greatest devastation the country has seen since the 2010 earthquake. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright

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Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #49 1-30 September 2016

Resource date: 30 September 2016

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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UNFPA Response in Yemen Monthly Situation Report #08 – September 2016

Resource date: 30 September 2016

Author: UNFPA Yemen

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Companies pledge to help reduce childbirth deaths in crisis settings

21 September 2016

Residents flee brutal violence in the Rutshuru territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2012. Women give birth, even in wartime and disasters. © UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti

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Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #48 1-31 August 2016

Resource date: 31 August 2016

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

UNFPA in Türkiye, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, has supported six new health facilities, raising the number of UNFPA-supported health facilities to 23. UNFPA also opened three new women and girls safe spaces (WGSS) in Türkiye, raising the total number of WGSS from 20 to 23.

In Egypt, UNFPA opened two new WGSS in Cairo, raising the total number of WGSS to four.

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As displacements soar, Juba’s burdened clinics improvise to keep childbirth safe

16 September 2016

A midwife delivers a baby at a health facility in Juba. At UNFPA-supported health facilities in Juba's protection camps, many of the midwives are themselves displaced people. © UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Calaguian Alano

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Young people take the lead against Zika in Brazil

15 September 2016

Young members of REPROTAI, a UNFPA-supported youth organization, head to the Lobato neighbourhood of Salvador. They are raising awareness of how to prevent the spread of Zika. © UNFPA/Tatiana Almeida

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South Sudan Humanitarian Update - August 2016

Resource date: 31 August 2016

Author: UNFPA South Sudan

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UNFPA Response in Yemen Monthly Situation Report #07 – August 2016

Resource date: 31 August 2016

Author: UNFPA Yemen

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