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UNFPA Deputy Executive Director and UNFPA Regional Director for the Arab States arrive in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 19 June 2021 - The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) and United Nations Population Fund Deputy Executive Director (DED), Mr. Ib Petersen, and UNFPA Regional Director for... Read more
Joint Statement by Muhannad Hadi, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis and Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Regional Director
Amman and Cairo, 19 June 2021 - Today, as we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, we firmly reiterate the United Nation’s commitment to making the prevention... Read more
STATEMENT ON THE RENEWAL OF HUMANITARIAN LIFELINE TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN NORTH-WEST SYRIA
(Rome/Geneva/New York, 18 June 2021): Millions of people are pressed up against the border in an active war zone in north-west Syria and remain in need of humanitarian aid to survive. The UN needs... Read more
Statement of the Regional Director on the killing of a young pregnant wife in Palestine
Cairo, 14 June 2021 – UNFPA Arab States Regional Director, Dr. Luay Shabaneh, condemned the killing of a young pregnant woman in Khan Yunis, Palestine. "This type of heinous crimes is not acceptable... Read more
European Union supports UNFPA for lifesaving aid to women, girls and the displaced in Yemen
Sana’a, 13 June 2021 – Nearly half a million of the most vulnerable women and girls in Yemen will receive emergency relief, life-saving reproductive health and mental health services thanks to a EUR... Read more
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 Ambassador, to break the silence on taboo, shame,... Read more
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 access to lifesaving maternal health services for... Read more
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 aims to raise awareness on, and end all harmful... Read more
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 began to appear. We live in a rural area, which is... Read more
Despite stigma and rejection ,Fistula survivors find a new hope
Khetam’s story from Yemen 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 was only 16 years old. Months after... Read more