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04 April 2023
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day 2023
Every two minutes, a woman dies giving birth. As the clock counts down another year, 287,000 more women will meet the same tragic fate. Most of these deaths are preventable. They…
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31 March 2023
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After eight years of conflict and despite a fragile truce, childbirth still a matter of life and death in Yemen
Eight years ago, as the war escalated dramatically and health facilities were barely functioning or standing due to violence and insecurity, Zahra went into early labour with her…
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18 March 2023
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5 reasons women and girls in Syria and Türkiye need your support right now
Nearly 16 million people in Türkiye and 9 million in Syria affected by two massive earthquakes. Among them, some 350,000 pregnant women in both countries – women who need vital,…
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15 March 2023
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12 years on, Syrians are living through the worst year of the crisis
Before the earthquake, 15.3 million people were already in need of humanitarian assistance, this includes 7.7 million women and girls, 4.2 million of whom are of reproductive age…
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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
News
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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