Sexual and reproductive health
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Women and girls in Myanmar are at risk following the earthquake
April 11, 2025Women and girls in Myanmar require urgent support after the recent earthquake.
Further funds are essential to meet their humanitarian needs.
Hear from our Myanmar Country Representative Jaime Nadal about how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding.
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Refugee women fleeing war in Sudan need life-saving care in Chad
February 26, 2025Over one million refugees have fled to Chad to escape the war in Sudan.
The majority are women and children who have survived horrific violence.
“We have lost everything. Our homes, families and security,” says Souat, a Sudanese refugee living in Farchana Refugee Camp in Chad.
Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is providing a lifeline for refugee women and girls in need.
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Supporting women and girls two years after Türkiye earthquakes
February 11, 2025Two years have passed since the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye.
Currently, there are still over 1.6 million people in need including 416,000 women and girls of reproductive age. 22,800 of them are pregnant.
Fatma, Mehtap, Selda and Saliha are just some of them. They are still feeling the pain and living in container cities with many challenges, including limited access to services.
See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting them.
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The nightmare for women and girls in Gaza is getting worse
February 2, 2024UNFPA 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.
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Pregnant woman stuck under rubble in Gaza shares heartbreaking story
November 2, 2023“They bombed the house next to us. I was under the rubble and couldn’t move,” says Islam, who was pregnant and 10 days from her due date when her home in Gaza was destroyed by relentless bombardment.
Listen to her tell her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is responding to this humanitarian crisis.
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Six months of brutal conflict in Sudan is taking a toll on women and girls
October 15, 2023Women and girls in Sudan continue to suffer after six months of brutal conflict.
See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is delivering the health care, support and dignity they desperately need.
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Delivering sexual and reproductive health services in the Pacific
May 18, 2023"I was really heartened to see the passion and the professionalism of midwives in Fiji."
Let UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem explain how UNFPA is delivering sexual and reproductive health services in the Pacific countries.
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UNFPA’s Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan
March 17, 2022In 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.