Two 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.
Shamaiel was nine months pregnant when the first earthquake struck Afghanistan in October trapping her under rubble.
Hear her speak about the devastating impact and see how UNFPA—the UN sexual and reproductive health agency—is helping over 7,000 pregnant women affected.
An estimated 3,000 women of reproductive age are affected by Saturday’s earthquake in Afghanistan.
Jaime Nadal, UNFPA Afghanistan representative, describes from Herat how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is providing urgent maternal and reproductive health care.
Stay up to date on our ongoing humanitarian response here.
One year after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, 17-year-old Mursal is still in disbelief that she can’t go back to school.
“It’s not right that they’re ordering us to hide our faces and stop going to school. I hope that young girls will not give up,” she says.
See how Mursal is giving back to her community with UNFPA’s help.
In Afghanistan, where 18.4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, UNFPA is on the ground delivering for women and girls. In this video, UNFPA Afghanistan Representative Alexander Sasha Bodiroza shows how we're taking action in Afghanistan and why our life-saving work must continue. Learn more.