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26 September 2018
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A statement attributable to Dr. Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Director for the Arab Region, on Libya
Cairo, 26 September 2018 – The alarming level of fighting in Tripoli puts the life of thousands of women and girls at risk. Over 2,000 women and girls are…
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19 September 2018
Press Release
European Union supports reproductive health and protection services for women and girls in Yemen with funding to UNFPA
UNFPA estimates that nearly 3 million women of childbearing age in Yemen, of whom some 450,000 are likely to be pregnant, require humanitarian assistance.
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17 September 2018
News
After infertility, isolation and displacement, refugee in Iraq finds a place to heal
DOHUK, Iraq – Thirteen years ago, in Damascus, Syria, Rawa* fell in love. “It was perfect back then,” she said. She was a 30-year-old kindergarten teacher at…
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06 September 2018
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“I felt I was in hell” – Escalating hostilities threaten thousands of pregnant women in Yemen’s Hodeidah
HODEIDAH, Yemen – Escalating violence in Hodeidah, Yemen, threatens the city’s estimated 90,000 pregnant women and girls, UNFPA has announced. Some 14,000 of these…
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19 August 2018
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the passing of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan
I am deeply saddened to learn of the death of Kofi Annan, who throughout his exemplary career worked tirelessly for a more just and peaceful world, based on our shared humanity…
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19 August 2018
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Humanitarian Day 2018
Urgent Efforts Needed to Protect Women and Girls in Crises
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12 August 2018
Statement
Let’s put young people at the centre
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Youth Day 2018
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12 August 2018
News
Safe spaces for Syrian women and girls: havens from despair
The conflict in Syria has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, displaced half the population and left 13.1 million people in need of humanitarian assistance…
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04 August 2018
Statement
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…
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