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Press Release
27 March 2017
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 conflict in Yemen enters two-years.
Over three million people are displaced because of the conflict, said UNFPA’s representative a.i. Ezizgeldi Hellenov. More than of half of them are women and girls; they are typically those that pay the highest price in any war.”
News
19 March 2017
The devastating drought currently ravaging Somalia is threatening the lives of 607 thousand pregnant women around the country. More than 130 thousands of them may require critical and urgent assistance. Somalia already has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world (732) and one out of every 22 women is likely to die due to pregnancy or childbrith-related causes during her life course.
Publisher
Number of pages
3
Author
UNFPA
Publications
Publication date
28 February 2017
Since military operations in western Mosul began on 19 February, approximately 8,000 people have fled from western Mosul and its surrounding villages to locations south of Mosul city. People arriving at these locations are often exhausted and dehydrated. Emergency kits of food and water have been distributed to 8,800 people in camps and emergency sites, in addition to distributions to displaced people moving to these locations.
Publisher
Number of pages
20
Author
UNFPA
Publication
Publication date
13 February 2017
Today, it is widely recognized that improving the status of women and girls and advancing their rights can be a benefit for the whole society. Ensuring access to sexual and reproductive health services and to protection from gender-based violence, among other important measures, improves the health of families and contributes to the economic well-being of entire communities, including during humanitarian emergencies.
Publisher
Number of pages
18
Author
TFPM
Publication
Publication date
11 January 2017
This is the 12th report of the Task Force on Population Movement (TFPM), which is a Technical Working Group of the Yemen Protection Cluster.
Publisher
Number of pages
8
Author
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Publication
Publication date
04 January 2017
Following the intensification of military operations in Mosul City on 29 December, the rate of displacement from Mosul has increased markedly, with over 9,000 people having fled the city in the space of four days.
20 December 2016
Publisher
Number of pages
7
Author
UNFPA
Publication
Publication date
18 December 2016
Highlights of UNFPA work and humanitarian response in Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, Palestine, Tunisia, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria and Somalia, November 2016.
Press Release
25 October 2016
ERBIL, 25 October, 2016— As Iraqi civilians are fleeing the ongoing conflict in Mosul, UNFPA Iraq has stepped up its response and delivered reproductive health (RH) services to women and girls in Iraq.
Statement
17 October 2016
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr.
