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11 March 2023
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Midwives save lives through thick and thin
Childbirth is perhaps the riskiest and most miraculous time in a woman's life. Every woman remembers the mixed feelings of excitement, anticipation ,fear and joy she experienced…
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07 March 2023
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Violence plagues women and girls amid Yemen’s relentless conflict
UNITED NATIONS/SANA’A – Rehman* was married off to an abusive man at age 15. “During our year of marriage, I lived a very hard life full of violence and abuse,” she recently told…
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02 March 2023
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In the aftermath of the earthquake in Syria, women and girls face mounting risks
Three weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Syria and Türkiye, such is the reality for tens of thousands of women and girls in Syria who woke up to find themselves…
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28 February 2023
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day 2023
Women and girls, in all their diversities, have the fundamental right to live free from violence and to have agency over their bodies and lives, both offline and in virtual spaces…
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27 February 2023
Press Release
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 Nations sexual and reproductive…
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26 February 2023
Press Release
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 released in a report by United…
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20 February 2023
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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 promise, for her daughter. But…
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19 February 2023
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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 women who urgently need access to…
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13 February 2023
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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 and the elimination of…
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