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Listen to this mother's plea for the children of Gaza

August 29, 2025

“Does the world not hear us?”

This is Inas, a mother of three who wakes up every morning desperate to find food for her children.

With no clean water, safe spaces, or education, over 500,000 people are suffering from starvation in Gaza.

Listen to Inas' plea and help UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—deliver life-saving support.

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What does a hungry child wish for in Gaza?

August 27, 2025

Imagine a hunger that never ends, one that threatens your very life.

What would you wish for your next meal?

See what Kareem is dreaming about and help UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—deliver lifesaving care.

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Famine declared in Gaza as mothers starve to keep their children alive

August 22, 2025

Famine has been declared in Gaza.

Mothers are starving to keep their children alive.

They need a ceasefire now and the sustained, rapid and significantly scaled-up delivery of aid.

Donate to help UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—deliver lifesaving care.

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The aid blockade in Gaza must end now

May 23, 2025

Women and children in Gaza are being starved in full view of the world.

On top of this, they face severe shortages of medicine and life-saving care amid relentless attacks on hospitals.

See why UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is calling for the aid blockade to end now.

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Mothers in Gaza deserve to give birth safely

May 5, 2025

Every mother deserves a safe birth.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t the case for Adlah, who had to deliver her baby under bombardment and displacement in Gaza.

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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Pregnant women in the West Bank are struggling to access life-saving care

April 29, 2025

“I was almost unconscious, vomiting, feverish.”

Nadine was moments away from delivering her baby when she was trapped at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank.

Maternity care is essential to save lives, especially in humanitarian settings.

Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is working to ensure safe birth.

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A midwife in Rafah describes the chaos and suffering of childbirth

March 4, 2024

Hear from a midwife at Al-Helal Al Emirati Hospital in Rafah, Gaza, as she describes the chaos and suffering of childbirth in her hospital.

Learn more about how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding here.

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Maternity hospital burns in Gaza amid ongoing war

April 12, 2024

“It is full of the smell of death."

The scenes of destruction in Gaza are unimaginable. Maternity wards emptied of patients and destroyed as life-saving maternal health supplies burn.

Pregnant women have nowhere to go to give birth safely.

See the levels of destruction and hear about the impact on pregnant women from Dominic Allen, Representative for UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—in Palestine on his recent visit to Khan Younis.

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Newborns struggle to survive at maternity hospital in Rafah (Gaza)

February 21, 2024

Incubators at Al-Helal Al-Emirati Hospital in Gaza are full of babies with dead or missing parents. Hear from two doctors at the hospital about this tragic situation and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action.

Learn more about the crisis in Gaza here.

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The nightmare for women and girls in Gaza is getting worse

February 2, 2024

UNFPA 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.