12 December 2024
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AJ JAZIRAH STATE, Sudan – This was Amina’s fifth delivery by Caesarean section, but the first performed on the floor of a stranger’s home. “I had to start walking again just six…
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MARIB/TAIZZ, Yemen – At just 26 years old, Abeer has already lived through nearly a decade of war in Yemen. She fled her home in Dhamar in 2016, walking and hitchhiking for eight…
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GAZA STRIP, Occupied Palestinian Territory – “My pregnancy during the war was very difficult,” 28-year-old Nadia* told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health…
Read story28 November 2024
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for Persons with Disabilities (3 December) Globally, nearly one in six people lives with a…
Read story28 November 2024
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The path to a world free of AIDS begins and ends with human rights. The right to knowledge that is accurate and unbiased. The right to be treated with dignity and respect. The…
Read story26 November 2024
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UNITED NATIONS, New York – Across dozens of countries, the global climate crisis is not impending – it has arrived. In 2023, climate disasters drove millions of the world’s most…
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November)
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Since 2019, Nadia has called this sprawling refugee settlement home, her arrival coinciding with her husband's imprisonment. Residents of Athis camp are forced to contend with a…
Read story07 November 2024
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UNFPA’s Innovation Fair 2024, “Innovators in the Digital Spotlight,” concludes with a celebration of transformative approaches aimed at improving the lives of women and girls…
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