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12.6 million women and girls in Yemen need life-saving support
New York/Geneva, 27 February 2023 – As governments meet in Geneva to raise funds for the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen, UNFPA, the United... Read more
A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies
GENEVA/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, 23rd February 2023 — Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates... Read more
After more than a decade of war, earthquakes are a catastrophe on top of a crisis for millions of people in Syria
LATTAKIA, Syria – Nuha gave birth to baby Huda on 5 February in Lattakia, in western Syria. The young mother remembers feeling so much hope, so much... Read more
Earthquake survivors include 344,000 pregnant women who urgently require reproductive healthcare
New York/Geneva, 18 February 2023 - Among the survivors of the earthquakes that devastated lives in Türkiye and Syria are around 344,000 pregnant... Read more
New UN country reports on Gender Justice and the Law
Amman, Beirut, Cairo Riyadh – The progress of Arab countries towards aligning their laws with international human rights standards on gender equality... Read more
UNFPA scaling up emergency response to reach women and girls in Türkiye and Syria in aftermath of powerful earthquakes
New York/Geneva, 7 February 2023 – UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is working with national and local authorities to... Read more
World will miss target of ending FGM by 2030 without urgent action – including from men and boys
NEW YORK, 6 February 2023 – This year, 4.3 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation, according to the latest UNFPA estimates. This... Read more
How one woman in Gaza triumphed above marital violence, and cancer, to inspire other survivors
In 2020, UNFPA reached more than 44,000 people across Palestine with gender-based violence prevention and response services through ten safe spaces... Read more
“I Am A Rebel Girl”: Empowering girls throughout the Arab region to express their thoughts without fear
“There are things I wanted to say and couldn’t express, but the journal guided me through writing to express what is inside me,” says Rawda, a girl... Read more
UNFPA partners with Rebel Girls to launch Arabic edition of the ‘I Am A Rebel Girl’ Journal
(Cairo, 14 December 2022) — The United Nations Population Fund Arab states regional office has partnered with Rebel Girls, a leading global girl... Read more