“These kits contain many essential items which are in severe shortage,” says Dr. Khawla, Head of Nursing at Nasser Hospital in Gaza.
Every day in the occupied Palestinian territory, aid workers like Dr. Khawla are risking their lives to deliver emergency assistance to women and girls.
See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action to make motherhood safer amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
One year after two devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye, hundreds of thousands of women and girls still have no proper home and have limited health and protection services.
From the newly created UNRWA field hospital in Gaza, UNFPA Palestine Representative Dominic Allen tells us the catastrophic situation on the ground.
With hospitals being far over capacity, midwives and doctors are beyond exhausted.
UNFPA is committed to providing them with much-needed support and supplies.
“Pregnancy in these circumstances is an extraordinary suffering,” says Seba (28), who is 9 months pregnant and has two children.
People in Gaza don’t have water, food, enough blankets, hygiene facilities, and the medical assistance they need.
Let Seba share her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency— is providing life-saving support to pregnant women in shelters in the southern Gaza Strip. Learn more.
Alaa is one of the many pregnant women in Gaza who have been losing their babies from stress and malnutrition.
Hear her heartbreaking story and see how UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is taking action to make motherhood safer.
Nearly half of the population in Haiti is in need of humanitarian aid and protection.
See how our partner FOSREF and UNFPA —the UN sexual and reproductive health agency —are supporting the most vulnerable people affected by the crisis.
Riham is one of the 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza who are struggling to survive amid relentless bombing.
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.
“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.
Why do UNFPA and the humanitarian workers we support continue to help the seemingly endless number of women and girls in need? Because we care, and we know you do too.
Learn more about our mission to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
Imagine expecting a child when you don’t even know what the word “pregnant” means.
This is what happened to a 14-year-old girl in Haiti.
See her story and how UNFPA is helping girls make their own decisions about their bodies and futures.