Two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine millions of women and girls are displaced and remain at risk of gender-based violence.

See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency is responding.

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.

The war in Ukraine has affected the mental health of millions of young people like Nadia (17).

See her story and how UNFPA has set up youth camps across the country that provide psychological support and counseling.

“It was emotionally difficult… I miss everything,” says Oleksandr.

The war in Ukraine has separated millions of fathers like Oleksandr from their families. This Father’s Day, what they need more than anything is peace.

100 days of war in Ukraine have left millions of lives hanging in the balance.

As part of the wider United Nations response, UNFPA is providing life-saving support and supplies to urgently meet reproductive health needs. This war must end. 

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From a gender-based violence (GBV) shelter in Lviv, our Senior Emergency Coordinator Mustafa Elkanzi describes how UNFPA supports women and girls during the war in Ukraine.

Learn more about our work on the ground.

Natalia is a UNFPA-supported psychologist who is working with Ukrainian women and girls who fled into Moldova.

“The war trauma haunts them all. They feel lost and don’t know where to go next,” she says.

Learn how UNFPA is providing refugees from Ukraine with the support they need. 

On her recent visit to a refugee shelter in Moldova, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem met women who fled the war in Ukraine with just what they could carry.

Many of them fear for their future as they do not know where to go or what to do.

Their rights, needs and safety must be prioritized.

Learn more about the war in Ukraine. 

Elena and her teenage daughter Tatiana fled the war in Odessa, Ukraine to seek shelter in Chișinău, Moldova. To this day, more than 2.5 million Ukrainians have crossed borders into neighboring countries. Like Elena and Tatiana, most of them are women and children who left their husbands, fathers, brothers and sons behind. Learn more.