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After eight years of conflict and despite a fragile truce, childbirth still a matter of life and death in Yemen
Eight years ago, as the war escalated dramatically and health facilities were barely functioning or standing due to violence and insecurity, Zahra... Read more
3 months on from the earthquakes, 5 reasons women and girls in Syria and Türkiye still need your support
Nearly 16 million people in Türkiye and 9 million in Syria affected by two massive earthquakes. Among them, some 350,000 pregnant women in both... Read more
12 years on, Syrians are living through the worst year of the crisis
Before the earthquake, 15.3 million people were already in need of humanitarian assistance, this includes 7.7 million women and girls, 4.2 million of... Read more
Midwives save lives through thick and thin
Childbirth is perhaps the riskiest and most miraculous time in a woman's life. Every woman remembers the mixed feelings of excitement,... Read more
Violence plagues women and girls amid Yemen’s relentless conflict
UNITED NATIONS/SANA’A – Rehman* was married off to an abusive man at age 15. “During our year of marriage, I lived a very hard life full of violence... Read more
In the aftermath of the earthquake in Syria, women and girls face mounting risks
Three weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Syria and Türkiye, such is the reality for tens of thousands of women and girls in Syria who... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day 2023
Women and girls, in all their diversities, have the fundamental right to live free from violence and to have agency over their bodies and lives, both... Read more
12.6 million women and girls in Yemen need life-saving support
New York/Geneva, 27 February 2023 – As governments meet in Geneva to raise funds for the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen, UNFPA, the United... Read more
A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies
GENEVA/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, 23rd February 2023 — Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates... Read more
After more than a decade of war, earthquakes are a catastrophe on top of a crisis for millions of people in Syria
LATTAKIA, Syria – Nuha gave birth to baby Huda on 5 February in Lattakia, in western Syria. The young mother remembers feeling so much hope, so much... Read more