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01 August 2018
Press Release
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 at extreme risk, in…
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01 July 2018
Statement
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 facilities that UNFPA supports in…
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25 June 2018
News
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 with her husband’s traditional…
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20 June 2018
News
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 live with her uncle’s family…
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12 June 2018
Statement
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 populated areas. In the event of…
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06 June 2018
News
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 reproductive health and rights.
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06 June 2018
News
Becoming a woman in Iraq; the challenges of menstruation
Getting your period and becoming a woman is a natural development for every girl. In most parts of the world, discussing menstruation is a normal process and is explained both at…
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06 June 2018
News
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 in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
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03 June 2018
News
A turning point for girls' and women’s menstrual health in Africa
“I felt embarrassed to be a girl and felt like it was a punishment,” recalled 13-year-old Faith, describing her first period.
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