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UNFPA and EU provide emergency medical care to Women and Girls in Iraq

calendar_today 09 April 2017

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UNFPA and EU provide emergency medical care to Women and Girls in Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq, 9 April 2017 – As fighting in Iraq reaches its peak, urgent humanitarian needs of women and girls impacted by the conflict continue to escalate. At this critical…

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Saving Mosul's mothers-to-be

calendar_today 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The US has withdrawn $32.5m (£26m) in funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries.

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Statement attributable to UNFPA’s regional director for the Arab states Luay Shabaneh

calendar_today 04 April 2017

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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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Statement by UNFPA on U.S. Decision to Withhold Funding

calendar_today 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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At two-year mark, Yemen’s conflict takes heavy toll on women and girls

calendar_today 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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Two-year conflict in Yemen’s takes heaviest toll on women and girls

calendar_today 27 March 2017

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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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Girls in crisis settings overlooked for life-saving care, say health advocates

calendar_today 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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Efforts to end FGM must be intensified, leaders urge

calendar_today 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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UNFPA Providing Frontline Emergency Response to Families Fleeing West Mosul

calendar_today 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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