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UNFPA Humanitarian Response in Yemen 2021
UNFPA is calling for urgent funding of $100 million to provide reproductive healthcare and women’s protection services until the end of 2021.
Sharjah Declaration on Cervical Cancer (2nd edition 2021)
We strongly pledge our commitment to the health and wellbeing of girls and women globally and the need to tackle the interconnected burdens of HPV and cervical cancer in the Arab region.
UNFPA Regional Situation Report for the Syria Crisis — December 2020
The Regional Situation Report for the Syria Crisis offers a bird’s eye view of UNFPA operations within the context of the Syria crisis. The report is prepared by the UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub in Amman, Jordan, and spans operations conducted by UNFPA offices in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, and Egypt, in addition to operations conducted inside Syria and managed from cross-border Turkey.
Case Study on Cash and Voucher Assistance in Northwest Syria
In early 2020, UNFPA decided to scale up its assistance to provide programming for the most vulnerable with the aim to reduce overall protection risks. A one-off, unconditional individual protection assistance (IPA) was designed, targeting individuals with exacerbated vulnerabilities. The aim of this case study is to highlight the rationale and impact of this initiative in the hope of benefitting other programmes and responses.
UNFPA Commitments to Scaling up Cash and Voucher Assistance
This paper was approved by the UNFPA Humanitarian Steering Committee in December 2020. It lays out a strategic vision for the next two to five years.
THE RIGHTS OF OLDER PERSONS
This review assesses the extent to which national ageing strategies in six Arab countries: Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates, are in line with human rights principles and standards.
RESTORING BALANCE - ASSESSMENT REPORT
This assessment report is the 4th regional external assessment of UNFPA regional programming in response to the Syria crisis. The assessment was commissioned by UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub.
OVERVIEW OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN SYRIA - Advocacy brief 2021
In 2020, the conflict in Syria has entered its tenth year. With more than half of Syria's population forced to seek asylum outside the country or be displaced within the country, women and girls faced a steady increase in the risks and forms of gender-based violence that affect them.
SAVING THE LIVES OF MOTHERS AND NEWBORNS
This publication presents a compilation of promising maternal health programming practices from selected Arab countries: Algeria, Morocco, Oman, Tunisia, and Yemen.
UNFPA Menstrual Hygiene Management in Emergencies
The main objective of this desk research was to look at UNFPA menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in emergency interventions and how to further strengthen this component across UNFPA sexual and reproductive health, youth, and gender-based violence interventions.