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17 May 2022
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The regional launch of the State of World Population 2022
Cairo, 17 May 2022 — Nearly half of all pregnancies, totaling 121 million each year throughout the world, are unintended. For the women and girls affected, the most life-altering…
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12 May 2022
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Killing of women and girls must stop
Cairo, May 11, 2022 - Shireen Abu Aqla, a Palestinian journalist and Al-Jazeera correspondent in Palestine, lost her life while covering the events in Jenin camp at dawn today,…
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05 May 2022
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Global health systems must invest in midwives
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife When heavy monsoon rains flooded refugee camps in Bangladesh, it was midwife…
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05 May 2022
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Midwives’ role goes beyond childbirth: Let's empower them
Giving birth safely, comfortably and conveniently at home or in clinics should not be a luxury, but a basic human right. Midwife- led reproductive and maternal care should be…
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17 March 2022
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A sense of despair and betrayal by the world
“The situation in Syria is worse than it has been in years,” explains UNFPA Arab States Regional Director, Dr. Luay Shabaneh. “The impacts of the deepening economic crises in…
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16 March 2022
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Changes comes from within - Celebrating women’s strengths and resilience
The United Nations Populations Funds celebrate a group of women who suffered a variety of gender-based violence and harmful practices. But they gathered all their strengths and…
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15 March 2022
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Women and girls continue to pay a heavy price in Yemen as the conflict slips further from global view
United Nations, New York, 15 March 2022 – Seven devastating years of fighting have left 23.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Yemen, a country that is…
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08 March 2022
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International Women’s Day
The world is in crisis. In Yemen, a woman dies every two hours in childbirth for lack of obstetric care, and more than one million pregnant and breastfeeding women are acutely…
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08 March 2022
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Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day
More than 1.7 million people, mostly women and children, have now fled from their homes in Ukraine to neighbouring countries. For them, displacement will bring increased…
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