calendar_today 23 May 2016

10 things you should know about women & the world’s humanitarian crises

The world is currently facing its worst refugee crisis since the Second World War, due to conflicts, persecutions and natural disasters intensified by climate change. And tens of…

calendar_today 23 May 2016

In focus: UNFPA’s work in Yemen to end Obstetric Fistula

Interview with Dr. Afrah Thabet, Reproductive Health Analyst, UNFPA Yemen; Dr Eqbal Nagi, Fistula surgeon at UNFPA-supported Unit, Al-Sadaka Hospital, Aden-Southern Yemen; and Dr…

calendar_today 19 May 2016

Press Release

Reaching Out to Meet the Needs of Women in a Complex Situation: With Support from Norway, UNFPA Provides Gender Based Violence Response Services in Alwand Camp in Diyala Governorate, Eastern Iraq

Erbil, Iraq, 19 May 2016 – The humanitarian situation in Iraq continues to worsen due to the intensification of military campaigns. In Diyala Governorate, Eastern Iraq,…

calendar_today 16 May 2016

Press Release

UNFPA Upscaling its Interventions in Response to Acute Emergency in Iraq: Opening of Two Reproductive Health Clinics in West Ramadi, Central Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq, 16 May 2016 – The United Nations Population Fund in cooperation with its national partner, United Iraqi Medical Society for relief and development and funded…

calendar_today 16 May 2016

Press Release

UNFPA Upscaling its Interventions in Response to Acute Emergency in Iraq: Opening of Two Reproductive Health Clinics in West Ramadi, Central Iraq

The United Nations Population Fund in cooperation with its national partner, United Iraqi Medical Society for relief and development and funded by the Japanese Government, opened…

calendar_today 05 May 2016

Midwives on the frontlines of fighting maternal mortality in Somalia

Nine years ago, Maymuun Abdullahi Nur’s mother died giving birth to her eighth child, during a delivery attended only by an untrained traditional birth attendant. Just 13 at the…

calendar_today 03 May 2016

Pregnant in a city under siege: Yemeni refugees find safety and maternal services in Djibouti

Four months pregnant and living amidst constant shelling and airstrikes, Jamila decided she had to flee her home in Taizz City, Yemen. “To leave everything behind and flee, not…

calendar_today 03 May 2016

Press Release

Aiming to Serve More than 1,500 Internally Displaced Women and Girls: UNFPA Establishes Women Safe Space in Debaga Camp Northern Iraq

Erbil, Iraq, 3 May 2016 – The United Nations Population Fund in cooperation with its national partner Al-Masala and funded by the United States Department of State ( Bureau…