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A year after massive earthquakes in Türkiye, women and girls still face danger
February 6, 2024One year after two devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye, hundreds of thousands of women and girls still have no proper home and have limited health and protection services.
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Breaking the cycle for survivors: UNFPA offers counselling and support to abandon female genital mutilation in Yemen
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The nightmare for women and girls in Gaza is getting worse
February 2, 2024UNFPA Palestine representative Dominic Allen describes the nightmare situation he witnessed on his recent visit to Gaza.
He met women and girls living with the constant threat of bombs and pregnant women suffering from thirst, malnutrition and ill health.
Learn how UNFPA is providing them with much-needed support and supplies here.
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Midwives in Gaza receive much-needed supplies to ensure safe births
January 9, 2024From the newly created UNRWA field hospital in Gaza, UNFPA Palestine Representative Dominic Allen tells us the catastrophic situation on the ground.
With hospitals being far over capacity, midwives and doctors are beyond exhausted.
UNFPA is committed to providing them with much-needed support and supplies.
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Pregnant women in Gaza urgently need life-saving care
December 22, 2023“Pregnancy in these circumstances is an extraordinary suffering,” says Seba (28), who is 9 months pregnant and has two children.
People in Gaza don’t have water, food, enough blankets, hygiene facilities, and the medical assistance they need.
Let Seba share her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency— is providing life-saving support to pregnant women in shelters in the southern Gaza Strip. Learn more.
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“Pregnant women have suffered… The hospital is not safe.”
November 10, 2023“Pregnant women have suffered… The hospital is not safe.”
Health care workers like Dr. Haya Hijazi are heroes, but they can’t save lives when bombs are falling and they are out of electricity and medicine.
Hear from Dr. Hijazi about the horrific situation for pregnant women in Gaza, where 180 births a day are taking place amid relentless bombardment, and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding.
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Pregnant woman in Gaza suffers miscarriage
November 20, 2023Alaa is one of the many pregnant women in Gaza who have been losing their babies from stress and malnutrition.
Hear her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is taking action to make motherhood safer.
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Hospitals in the south of Gaza are struggling to assist pregnant women and newborns
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Afghanistan earthquake survivors urgently need reproductive health care
December 15, 2023Two months after the devastating earthquakes hit Herat, women and girls are still in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
Let UNFPA Asia & the Pacific Regional Director Pio Smith show you how we are providing life-saving support to the thousands of people affected in Afghanistan.
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Life-saving support reaches Haiti through UNFPA and partners
December 14, 2023Nearly half of the population in Haiti is in need of humanitarian aid and protection.
See how our partner FOSREF and UNFPA —the UN sexual and reproductive health agency —are supporting the most vulnerable people affected by the crisis.