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Midwives— Defenders of Human Rights
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2019 Midwives are public health heroes, ensuring that a woman can have a healthy pregnancy,... Read more
Caught in the crossfire: Urgent needs in north-east Syria
Al-Hassakeh, Syria – Vulnerable civilians were caught in the crossfire as hostilities intensified in north-eastern Syria in recent weeks. “I took out around 160 pieces of shrapnel from the bodies of... Read more
Dahab: living through a global transformation
Dahab el-Sayed, 60, lives in a marginal neighbourhood of Cairo. She vaguely remembers the excitement in her city when the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) took place in... Read more
World must work harder to secure sexual and reproductive rights for all, says new UNFPA report
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 10 April 2019— The global reproductive rights movement that began in the 1960s transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of women, empowering them to govern their own... Read more
UNFPA launches 2019's State of the World Population Report in the region
Marking the 50th anniversary of the creation of UNFPA, the UN agency for sexual and reproductive health, this year’s State of the World Population Report (SWOP) was launched in the Arab region on 10... Read more
Statement on the attacks on hospitals in Sa’ada and Taizz, Yemen
Cairo, 28 March 2019 - We are dismayed about the latest escalation of violence in Yemen, most recently the deadly incidence near the Kitaf rural... Read more
When caged birds sing: stories of Syrian adolescent girls
Even as some parts of Syria appear to be stabilizing, the crisis has long since passed a tipping point in terms of generational change, and its effects will undoubtedly continue for many years to... Read more
Online Poll for Selecting the 2019 Youth Forum in the Arab Region theme
Recently, UNFPA, the United Nations agency for sexual and reproductive health, in partnership with the Mediterranean Forum for Youth and the World Organization of the Scout Movement and other... Read more
#AWomanEvenHere: the story of Reem, a Syrian refugee living in Jordan
Despite her best efforts to build a life out of the ruin, Reem, 26, is grappling with an unshakable anxiety about her future as a refugee. She tried to do everything right. She waited and did not let... Read more
#AWomanEvenHere: the story of Dalal from Syria
Dalal was a child when the war broke out in Syria. Now, at 20 years old, she’s internally displaced, a widow, and the sole provider for her only son. “I worry all the time about how I will raise him... Read more