calendar_today 20 December 2016

10 New Year’s resolutions to help change the world

UNITED NATIONS, New York – Tragedies have been dominating the headlines. War and persecution achieved a terrible new milestone this year: More people are displaced from their…

calendar_today 05 December 2016

After escape, former ISIL slaves face new challenges

DUHOK, Iraq – “I was raped. I hated life and attempted suicide,” described Maha*, a 19-year-old Yazidi woman who was abducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL, also…

calendar_today 01 December 2016

Statement

HIV prevention goes beyond access to services – it’s about more inclusive societies

Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2016 It is past time to get serious about…

calendar_today 25 November 2016

Statement

Statement attributable to UNFPA's Director for the Arab states region Dr. Luay Shabaneh:

Cairo, 25 November 2016 - Today, on the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women, Termanin Hospital for Gynecology and Obstetrics in Idlib governorate was hit…

calendar_today 24 November 2016

Statement

Statement attributable to UNFPA Director for the Arab States Regional Office on the attack on M2 Hospital in Aleppo countryside

Cairo, 24 November 2016 - We have learnt about a deadly attack on the M2 hospital in eastern Aleppo last week, where UNFPA supports reproductive health services to protect…

calendar_today 21 November 2016

Statement

Empowering women and girls requires renewed efforts to end violence and harmful practices

Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25…

calendar_today 17 November 2016

Families increasingly resort to child marriage as Yemen’s conflict grinds on

IBB, Yemen – Last year, Ayisha was married at only 13 years old. She delivered a baby several weeks ago – a girl.