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12 April 2024
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Sexual violence and severe hunger surge as Sudan war passes one year
Sudan – “I can’t forget that moment. I can’t forget his smell. I can’t forget their faces. This moment will haunt me until I die.” Fawzya*, 26, was travelling towards the…
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05 April 2024
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Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day 2024
On World Health Day, we celebrate the successes achieved since the adoption of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action in Cairo,…
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27 March 2024
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Statement by the Executive Director on Impending Famine in Gaza
The threat of famine is looming over Gaza. Hunger and malnutrition, driven wholly by manmade causes and by a lack of humanitarian access, have spread through Gaza at…
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15 March 2024
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13 years on, the Syria crisis is pushing women and girls to the brink
Thirteen years after the onset of the crisis in 2011, basic service capacity in Syria continues to erode. Despite the continuing efforts of humanitarian actors, the crisis remains…
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14 March 2024
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After 13 years of crisis, we hear from female health workers in Syria leading the charge for women and girls
IDLEB, Syrian Arab Republic – “I have personally experienced the dire consequences of conflict on health care,” said Dr. Ikram Habbush, director of the Idleb Maternity Hospital in…
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04 March 2024
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day 2024
A peaceful and prosperous future depends on the empowerment of women and girls. Thirty years ago, at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, 179…
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26 February 2024
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Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives
MOGADISHU, Somalia – “I used to feel fear when it was night time,” mother-of-two Nurto Abdi Osman told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Ms.Osman…
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23 February 2024
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Impossible choices in Gaza: “Women are giving birth prematurely because of terror”
Rafah, GAZA STRIP – “It was exhausting – we handled 78 cases in one night.” There are only five beds for deliveries at the Al-Helal Al-Emirati maternity hospital in Rafah, where…
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21 February 2024
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Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee - Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 21 February 2024 – In the less than five months that followed the brutal 7 October attacks and the ensuing escalation, tens of thousands of Palestinians –…
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