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A warm UNFPA welcome to Ruba, our first female Local Security Assistant!
A warm UNFPA welcome to Ruba, our first female Local Security Assistant! The UNFPA Syria Country Office has the distinction of being the first country office to successfully recruit a female security... Read more
Serving Syrian refugee women amid Iraq's escalating crisis
AMMAN/NEW YORK - Over 200,000 Syrian refugees are living in Iraq, having escaped the four-year-long conflict in their homeland. Yet for some, the move offers little respite from crisis: A UNFPA... Read more
Midwife Finds her Work with Refugees Challenging and Rewarding
ZA’ATRI CAMP, Jordan –- Holding a newborn in her hands is like “heaven” says a young midwife Ghadeer Taher Horani, who struggled to find the exact words to describe the feeling of delivering babies... Read more
Delivering Sensitive Reproductive Health Care to Syrian Refugees in Jordan
ZA'ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Mafraq, Jordan — As a way to address both health needs and cultural sensitivities, UNFPA is supporting a reproductive... Read more
Flight from Syria: The story of one child bride
NABATIEH, 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... Read more
Health needs paramount as refugees and migrants stream through Serbia
SID, Serbia – Every day, thousands of refugees and migrants stream through Serbia, one leg of their perilous journey towards safety and stability. So far this year, one million migrants and... Read more
Despite trauma, a little help goes a long way for Syrian refugees
AMMAN, Jordan – “I’d just gotten off the night shift,” said ‘Aida*, a nurse, describing the morning her neighbourhood in Ghouta, Syria, was attacked with Sarin gas. “My son called out to me. He... Read more
Syrian refugee parents take a stand against child marriage
AMMAN, Jordan – Child marriages appear to be rising among Syrian refugees as families grow increasingly desperate under the grinding four-year-old conflict. Alarming reports show that parents are... Read more
5000th baby born at a UNFPA-supported clinic for refugees in Jordan
ZAATARI, Jordan – When Mohammad and Kholoud Suliman were told that their infant daughter was the 5000th baby born at the UNFPA-supported women’s... Read more
Shortage in funding threatens care for pregnant Syrian refugees
EL NABATIEH, Lebanon/DEIR ALLA, Jordan – More than four years after conflict erupted in Syria, the chaos has resulted in one of the worst... Read more