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18 April 2017
Maternity wing of Field Hospital at Athba, Mosul now fully operational
Baghdad, Iraq, 18 April 2017 – Amidst harrowing accounts of displaced, including pregnant women escaping military activities in Mosul, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund is…
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11 April 2017
Statement
Statement attributable to Dr. Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Director for the Arab Region, on the Humanitarian Situation in Iraq
Cairo, 11 April 2017 –I am following closely with deep concern the alarming humanitarian situation of an estimated 300,000-350,000 civilians currently trapped in the ongoing…
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09 April 2017
Press Release
Sub-regional Youth Consultation on Youth, Peace and Security
UNFPA, United Nations Population in collaboration with UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Peacebuilding Support Office organized a…
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09 April 2017
News
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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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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04 April 2017
News
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The US has withdrawn $32.5m (£26m) in funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries.
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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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