After more than a decade, the Syrian crisis continues. In addition to conflict, humanitarian needs have increased due to economic crises, disruption of social services, and the COVID-19 pandemic. UNFPA and partners work to make women’s health, safety and dignity a humanitarian priority and mobilize action and funding to support women’s reproductive health and the prevention of gender-based violence.

The ongoing armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine continues to take a toll on the well-being of millions of women, girls and young people. Access to livelihood opportunities and basic services, including life-saving sexual and reproductive health care and information, has been severely disrupted. Many health facilities near the 'contact line' between the government-controlled and non-government controlled areas lack medicines, equipment and staff. Gender-based violence is also pervasive but cases go under-reported. A rapid scale-up of services is needed to meet urgent health and protection needs. UNFPA supports health facilities in Eastern Ukraine and provides services in affected communities through mobile SRH and GBV teams.

Protracted armed conflict and political instability has impacted millions of people across Libya country and displaced thousands. The conflict has had a devastating impact on healthcare, with regular attacks against health facilities, medical personnel and ambulances. In many areas in the south of Libya, access to and quality of basic services, including life-saving healthcare, is severely constrained. Women and girls in particular face unmet health needs and there has been an alarming increase in maternal mortality. Migrants and refugees continue to face a multitude of protection risks, including arbitrary detention and sexual and gender-based violence. UNFPA has a strong presence in the gender-based violence sub-cluster and the sexual and reproductive health working group in Libya and is working jointly with partners to operationalize its humanitarian, development and peacebuilding priorities.