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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
Press Release
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
Press Release
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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09 February 2023
Press Release
UNFPA scaling up emergency response to reach women and girls in Türkiye and Syria in aftermath of powerful earthquakes
New York/Geneva, 7 February 2023 – UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is working with national and local authorities to scale up its emergency…
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06 February 2023
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World will miss target of ending FGM by 2030 without urgent action – including from men and boys
NEW YORK, 6 February 2023 – This year, 4.3 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation, according to the latest UNFPA estimates. This number is projected to reach 4.6…
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20 December 2022
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ADAPTING TO THE NEW NORMAL - Insights and lessons learned from UNFPA’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arab Region
Two years on, significant progress has been made in the global response to COVID-19. Successful vaccination campaigns and adaptation measures have helped transform a deadly…
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15 December 2022
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How one woman in Gaza triumphed above marital violence, and cancer, to inspire other survivors
In 2020, UNFPA reached more than 44,000 people across Palestine with gender-based violence prevention and response services through ten safe spaces for women and girls. Nearly 500…
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15 December 2022
News
“I Am A Rebel Girl”: Empowering girls throughout the Arab region to express their thoughts without fear
“There are things I wanted to say and couldn’t express, but the journal guided me through writing to express what is inside me,” says Rawda, a girl from Egypt, who recently…
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