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UNFPA Syria Quarterly Programme Achievements Overview for the Second Quarter of 2021
UNFPA Syria Quarterly Programme Achievements Overview for the Second Quarter of 2021
UNFPA Syria Humanitarian Response to the Humanitarian Needs in Dara’a Flash Update #2 (08 - 25 August 2021)
Over 38,600 IDPs are officially registered by SARC in and around Dara’a city, over 90% of which are women and children. About 1,500 IDPs reside in six collective shelters. However, informal reports indicated that as many as 45,000 people may have been displaced from Dara’a al-Balad.
Access to life-saving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and the ability to respond to gender-based violence (GBV) continue to be severely disrupted due to the ongoing hostilities in Dara’a at a time when women and girls need these services most.
UNFPA Syria Humanitarian Response to the Humanitarian Needs in Dara’a Flash Update #1 (01- 07 August 2021)
Approximately 55,000 people reside in Dar’a Al-Balad, an area of Dara’a city. The current clashes follow weeks of tensions in the area. At this time, one road – Dar’a Al-Balad - Sijneh – remains open to civilian and commercial traffic and local markets and two bakeries are functional.
As of 6 August, it is reported that 20,565 people have been displaced across Dara’a governorate since 27 July. From reports of UNFPA implementing partners (IPs) on the ground, the great majority of the displaced population is women and children. Most of those displaced are hosted by the local community while 1585 are in shelters.
UNFPA Regional Situation Report for the Syria Crisis -May 2021
The crisis region, which spans the Whole of Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt, continues to face a multitude of challenges, particularly in light of the recurrent waves of COVID-19 infections that continue to exacerbate existing challenges.
A decade into this protracted crisis, people in need continue to endure the cumulative effects of years of instability, the risks of which are even higher due to the impacts of a far-reaching economic crisis.
UNFPA Syria Quarterly Programme Achievements Overview for the First Quarter of 2021
UNFPA Syria Quarterly Programme Achievements Overview for the First Quarter 2021
UNFPA Regional Situation Report for the Syria Crisis - March 2021
In March 2021, the Syria crisis passed the ten-year mark, with the situation worse than it has been in years.
The crisis region, which spans the Whole of Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt, continues to face a multitude of challenges, particularly in light of the recurrent waves of COVID-19 infections that continue to exacerbate existing challenges. A decade into this protracted crisis, people in need continue to endure the cumulative effects of years of instability, the risks of which are even higher due to the impacts of a far-reaching economic crisis.
State of the World’s Midwifery 2021: Executive summary
A 4-page summary of the key points from the detailed analyses conducted for the State of the World’s Midwifery (SoWMy) 2021. It sets out the scale of the workforce challenges and proposes 4 areas in which bold investments in midwives and midwifery are needed.
The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021: Fast facts
An executive summary of the key points from the detailed analyses conducted for the State of the World’s Midwifery (SoWMy) 2021, including an infographic which presents the headline results and conclusions.
The State of the World's Midwifery 2021
The State of the World’s Midwifery (SoWMy) 2021 builds on previous reports in the SoWMy series and represents an unprecedented effort to document the whole world’s Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Adolescent Health (SRMNAH) workforce, with a particular focus on midwives. It calls for urgent investment in midwives to enable them to fulfil their potential to contribute towards UHC and the SDG agenda.
MY BODY IS MY OWN - CLAIMING THE RIGHT TO AUTONOMY AND SELF-DETERMINATIONE
How many women and girls can freely make that claim?
Each of us has a right to bodily autonomy and should therefore have the power to make our own choices about our bodies, and to have those choices supported by everyone around us, and by our societies at large.