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Girls in the Arab region: untapped force, a potential for development
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is marking World Population Day this year by highlighting the situation of teenage girls and the... Read more
UNFPA upscaling its humanitarian response to meet the needs of women and girls fleeing Falujah, Central Iraq
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has stepped up its humanitarian activities in Iraq in order to respond to the rapid influx of Iraqis... Read more
Supporting 5,000 returning families to relieve the impact of crisis: UNFPA provides reproductive health and gender based violence response to women and girls in one of the biggest sub-district in Iraq, Sununi
The United Nations Population Fund has successfully initiated its Reproductive health services as well as its Gender Based Violence response... Read more
UNFPA Provides Rapid Response to Internally Displaced Women in Central Iraq
Amid the ongoing military operations by Iraq Security Forces (ISF) to retake Fallujah city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that... Read more
Supporting women in crisis: Syrian refugees find services and hope in Turkey's safe spaces
For over three years after conflict broke out in their provence, 28-year-old Fatma Fayiz Dawi and her family remained determined to stay in their... Read more
In focus: UNFPA's work to end Obstetric Fistula in Somalia
Interview with Fatuma Kuno Muhumed, Youth and HIV Programme Analyst at UNFPA Somalia
In focus: UNFPA’s work in Sudan to end Obstetric Fistula
Interview with Lina Mousa, the representative of UNFPA in Sudan and with Dr. Mayson Ahmed, fistula surgeon at Abu fistula referral center in Khartoum
In focus: UNFPA’s work in Yemen to end Obstetric Fistula
Interview with Dr. Afrah Thabet, Reproductive Health Analyst, UNFPA Yemen; Dr Eqbal Nagi, Fistula surgeon at UNFPA-supported Unit, Al-Sadaka Hospital... Read more
Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
Obstetric fistula is almost exclusively a condition of the poorest, most vulnerable and most marginalized women and girls. It afflicts those who lack... Read more
10 things you should know about women & the world’s humanitarian crises
The world is currently facing its worst refugee crisis since the Second World War, due to conflicts, persecutions and natural disasters intensified... Read more