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…

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 27 April 2016

Women widowed by ISIL find hope and support in Iraq

Nadyia had to make a decision. Shortly after members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) seized control of Tall Afar, in north-western Iraq, she says the militants…

calendar_today 21 April 2016

Dispatches from the road: UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd describes visiting refugees in Jordan

In April, humanitarian, writer and actor Ashley Judd travelled to Jordan on her inaugural mission as UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. During her two-week trip, she visited UNFPA…

calendar_today 19 April 2016

Meet Haneen: A Syrian refugee’s struggle with child marriage and accessing care

NABATIYEH, Lebanon – In late 2013, Haneen, now 14, fled Syria with her parents and 10 siblings. As her family made its way to the Turkish border, her father sustained…

calendar_today 19 April 2016

معاناة اللاجئين السورين مع الزواج المبكر

"ليس لدينا بنات للزواج"؛ اعتادت خولة الرد بهذه الكلمات على الرجال الأردنيين أو الأجانب الذين يطلبون منها يد ابنتها البالغة من العمر 14 عاماً عندما يأتون باحثين عن عروس…

calendar_today 18 April 2016

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SHABWAH, Yemen – The nearly year-long conflict in Yemen has now embroiled 21 of the country’s 22 governorates, civilian casualties are common, food is in short supply…