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The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency launches US $1.2 billion humanitarian appeal as crises devastate women and girls’ health and rights
New York, 12 December 2023 – UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, has issued a pressing call for US$1.2 billion to... Read more
Human rights require bodily autonomy for all – at all times
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly 75 years ago. Yet its promise to humanity still speaks... Read more
The Secretary-General letter to the Security Council invoking Article 99 of the United Nations Charter
I am writing under Article 99 of the United Nations Charter to bring to the attention of the Security Council a matter which, in my opinion, may... Read more
All women and girls – including those with disabilities – have a right to bodily autonomy
Persons with disabilities are too often defined by what they cannot do, or by what society assumes they cannot do. The International Day for Persons... Read more
Violence against women and girls has invaded all spaces, including virtual ones, and this must end
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2023. For many women... Read more
UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO Regional Directors call for immediate action to halt attacks on health care in Gaza
Statement by Ms. Laila Baker, UNFPA Arab States Regional Director; Ms. Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa; Dr... Read more
UNFPA statement on the dire situation of hospitals in Gaza
UNFPA vehemently condemns the reported attacks on or around Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest healthcare facility, as well as those on other... Read more
Tackling the hidden mental health burden in Yemen
Ibb Governorate, Yemen – Kholoud, 28, is no stranger to mental trauma. As a child, her step mother physically and verbally abused her, while... Read more
As Gaza’s calamity hits the one month mark pregnant women face a fast-spiraling catastrophe
As casualties from the calamitous month-long bombardment and siege of Gaza mount, more than one third of Gaza’s 35 hospitals and nearly two-thirds of... Read more
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, "We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire"
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 5 November 2023 – For almost a month, the world has been watching the unfolding situation in Israel and the Occupied... Read more