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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Youth Day 2018
We want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and make good on our pledge to leave no one behind. We want to build lasting peace. Therefore, young people belong at the centre of our collective... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Regional Director for the Arab States, Dr. Luay Shabaneh, on the attack on Al Tharwa Hospital in Hodeidah
Cairo, 4 August 2018 – We are extremely shocked by the attack on Yemen’s largest hospital in Hodeidah. Al-Thawra hospital serves as a major neonatal care facility with some 400 deliveries taking... Read more
First prosecution of an FGM case in Somalia
Somalia announces its first ever prosecution of an FGM case after the passing of a 10-year-old child from severe bleeding due to an FGM occurrence.
90,000 pregnant women at risk from the escalating conflict in Hodeidah
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund is extremely concerned of the escalating situation in Hodeidah, placing women and girls of childbearing age... Read more
Statement attributable to Dr. Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Director for the Arab Region, on the Humanitarian Situation in southern Syria
We are following with utter concern the devastating news out of southern Syria, and are dismayed at confirmed reports that two maternal health... Read more
Midwife escapes death after being denied maternal health care
Najat, a trained midwife, was well aware of the dangers of pregnancy and childbirth. But when her own health needs and professional judgment clashed... Read more
This World Refugee Day, recognizing the strength and courage of refugees
As violence consumed her home in Aleppo, Ghalia’s parents and brother were killed. Ghalia, now 33, fled to Al-Hasakeh, in north-eastern Syria, to... Read more
Statement by Regional Director for Arab States on the Situation in Hodeidah
We are extremely alarmed by latest escalation of violence in Yemen, most recently in the port city of Hodeidah, one of the country’s most densely... Read more
Finding a way out of child marriage and towards a vocation
Aysheh was only 15 years old when she and her family fled Qamishli, northeastern Syria, to find refuge in Iraq in 2014. They ended up in Domiz 1 camp... Read more
UNFPA ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Year on year, millions of women and adolescents in 155 countries and territories have been progressively able to exercise their sexual and... Read more