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04 April 2017
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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The US has withdrawn $32.5m (£26m) in funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries.
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04 April 2017
Statement
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 representatives of the international…
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04 April 2017
Statement
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 funding for its life-saving work the…
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27 March 2017
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 in the world.
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27 March 2017
Press Release
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 childbearing age are at risk as the…
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23 March 2017
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 aged 15 to 19 the risk of…
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20 March 2017
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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 definitely not have her…
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18 March 2017
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UNFPA Providing Frontline Emergency Response to Families Fleeing West Mosul
Baghdad, Iraq, 19 March 2017 – As more people flee the current fighting in the West of Mosul city reaching around 97,000 individuals, UNFPA is stepping up efforts to meet their…
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19 March 2017
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UNFPA Leading the Provision of Reproductive Health Services inside West Mosul
Baghdad, Iraq, 19 March 2017 – One month into the Military operations to retake the West side of Mosul city, the humanitarian needs of thousands of the families still residing…
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