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1 June 2021
Press Release

Women and girls share their first experiences with menstruation

Cairo, 1 June 2021 - Women and girls from the Arab region participated in a campaign led by Mariam, UNFPA Arab States Regional Office’s Virtual... Read more

30 May 2021
News

The Republic of Korea partners with UNFPA to improve access to maternal health services for women and girls in Yemen

Sana’a, 30 May 2021 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund has received a contribution of USD 500,000 from the Republic of Korea to improve... Read more

27 May 2021
News

Women and girls share with Mariam their first experience with menstruation

Mariam, the UNFPA Arab States Regional Office Digital Ambassador, signalled the beginning of a new story for adolescent girls in the Arab region, she... Read more

25 May 2021
News

UNFPA supports Ghada to recover from Fistula and resume normal life

I would like to share with you my suffering with obstetric fistula. I got married at the age of 15, Shortly after marriage, symptoms of pregnancy... Read more

23 May 2021
News
A doctor in Mogadishu, Somalia talks to a fistula patient.

Survived a 50-year battle with fistula

“I had no idea that my situation was redeemable,” says Ashikiro Guure Cali who recovered from obstetric fistula, after 50 years of endless suffering... Read more

23 May 2021
News

Despite stigma and rejection ,Fistula survivors find a new hope

Khetam begins by saying, "I do not think that there is a woman who has suffered from a fistula as I did." Khetam got a fistula when she... Read more

14 May 2021
Press Release

UNFPA calls all parties to ensure the full protection of women and adolescent girls

Cairo, 13 May 2021 - The United Nations Population Fund is alarmed by the number of civilian casualties, including children and women caused by the... Read more

5 May 2021
Press Release

New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 May 2021 -- Millions of lives of women and newborns are lost, and millions more experience ill health or injury, because... Read more

5 May 2021
Statement

Trust the evidence: invest in midwives

Every day in every part of the world, midwives save the lives of women and babies and promote the health and well-being of entire communities.They... Read more

5 May 2021
News

Global shortage of 900,000 midwives threatens women’s lives and health, new report shows

ERBIL, Iraq/UNITED NATIONS, New York – “A 35-year old pregnant woman came to our clinic with abdominal pain,” recalled Hawrin Yousif, a 27-year-old... Read more

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