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Statement attributable to Dr. Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Director for the Arab Region, on the Humanitarian Situation in Iraq
Cairo, 11 April 2017 –I am following closely with deep concern the alarming humanitarian situation of an estimated 300,000-350,000 civilians... Read more
Sub-regional Youth Consultation on Youth, Peace and Security
UNFPA, United Nations Population in collaboration with UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Peacebuilding... Read more
UNFPA and EU provide emergency medical care to Women and Girls in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 9 April 2017 – As fighting in Iraq reaches its peak, urgent humanitarian needs of women and girls impacted by the conflict continue to... Read more
Statement attributable to UNFPA’s regional director for the Arab states Luay Shabaneh
The dignity, protection, health and psychological wellbeing of women and girls affected by the Syria crisis should be a key priority for... Read more
Statement by UNFPA on U.S. Decision to Withhold Funding
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 4 April 2017—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, regrets the decision by the United States to deny any future... Read more
Saving Mosul's mothers-to-be
The US has withdrawn $32.5m (£26m) in funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than... Read more
At two-year mark, Yemen’s conflict takes heavy toll on women and girls
SANA’A, Yemen – On 26 March 2015, the conflict in Yemen dramatically escalated. Two years later, it has become one of the worst humanitarian crises... Read more
Two-year conflict in Yemen’s takes heaviest toll on women and girls
Sana’a, Yemen – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund estimates that the health and protection of more than 2.2 million women and girls of... Read more
Girls in crisis settings overlooked for life-saving care, say health advocates
UNITED NATIONS, New York/BEIRUT, Lebanon – “To be pregnant in the middle of a humanitarian setting is already a dangerous situation, but for girls... Read more
Efforts to end FGM must be intensified, leaders urge
UNITED NATIONS, New York/ASSIUT, Egypt – “I will soon be the happy mother of a baby girl,” Shaimaa Ahmed Ali told UNFPA in Egypt last summer. “I will... Read more