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This is one of the only safe places left in Gaza to give birth

October 6, 2025

Imagine going into labour while you’re starving and your local hospital is destroyed.

To help women in Gaza facing this horrific situation, a UNFPA mobile clinic is providing life-saving care.

See what it means to mothers in need.

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Amid the war in Sudan, this incredible midwife does more than just deliver babies

September 30, 2025

As pregnant women are displaced and traumatized by the ongoing war in Sudan, see how Hager holds her community together from her small home clinic.

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Women in Yemen pay a deadly cost for funding cuts

September 9, 2025

Funding cuts for maternal healthcare in Yemen are cutting women’s:

🟠 survival
🟠 dignity
🟠 rights

They need funding to be restored.

The world must invest in humanity.

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Somalia urgently needs incubators to keep babies alive

August 29, 2025

Many mothers in Somalia are hearing only a heartbreaking silence when they give birth.

More funding is urgently needed to stop their newborns dying due to preventable causes.

Give to help UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—deliver life-saving care: https://unf.pa/dso

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It’s time to end the needless suffering caused by obstetric fistula

June 3, 2025

Obstetric fistula is preventable and treatable. Yet thousands of women and girls suffer from the painful realities of living with it. Let UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—explain the traumatic consequences of this serious childbirth injury and why we need to end fistula.

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Midwives are saving lives in Somalia, no matter the circumstances

July 8, 2025

“In every crisis the country faces, it is the midwives who carry the burden.”

With over 3 million people in Somalia displaced, many pregnant women have limited or no access to healthcare.

See how midwives like Nadiifo step up to provide life-saving support.
 

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Pregnant Afghan refugees receiving vital support from UNFPA

May 14, 2025

Hundreds of Afghan women are crossing the border with Pakistan daily, seeking safety after leaving everything behind.

Many are pregnant and terrified.

Hear how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting them from our Deputy Executive Director (Management) Andrew Saberton.

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Mothers in Gaza are struggling to feed their children

May 12, 2025

Giving birth shouldn't be a fight for survival.

In Gaza, Nisma had to flee her home pregnant and now struggles to feed her newborn.

Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting mothers during humanitarian crises.

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Midwives are caring for displaced pregnant women in Chad

February 18, 2025

Florence is a midwife supported by UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—in Chad.

Over 13,000 people, including many pregnant women, have been displaced by severe flooding across the country. 

Now more than ever, her life-saving work is necessary.

See how Florence is making motherhood safer for pregnant women affected by this humanitarian crisis.

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An expectant mother hit by floods in northern Nigeria shares her story

December 16, 2024

“When the floods hit us, it was two weeks before my expected delivery date.”

Fatima, one of our heroic community mobilizers in Nigeria, is among the many expectant mothers affected by the recent flooding in the northern part of the country.

See her story and how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding to the crisis.