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EU-UNFPA partnership continues to bring urgent care and protection to Syrian women and girls
(Amman, July, 2024) — Over the past year, humanitarian funding from the European Union (EU) has enabled the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to... Read more
Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem / World Population Day (11 July)
For humanity to progress, people must be counted, wherever they are and whoever they are – in all their diversity. To end inequality, to find and... Read more
Midwives save lives in remote, war-torn Syria
“In my 25 years as a midwife, one of my most challenging cases was a high-risk pregnancy of a woman carrying twin fetuses,” says Yusra, 47, midwife... Read more
Menstrual Hygiene Day
Menstrual health is a human rights issue, not just a health one. Everyone has a right to bodily autonomy. The ability to care for one’s body while... Read more
Midwives save lives, no matter what
Midwives are the heroes of millions of stories. As providers of culturally sensitive health care, leaders in their communities and emergency... Read more
Midwife Yusra: Delivering Hope in Deir Ezzor
“In my 25 years as a midwife, one of the most challenging cases was the high-risk pregnancy of a woman carrying twin fetuses,” says Yusra [47] a... Read more
The Tale of Nermin: How Midwives Make a Difference
Starting her career as a midwife in 2007, Nermin Ebrahim has supported women in various rural and urban areas after graduating from the midwifery... Read more
Midwives: Heroes on the front lines of the global climate crisis
Right now, around the world, millions of lives are in the hands of midwives. Whether they are wading through flood waters to reach pregnant women or... Read more
Unpacking 5 truths about equality in sexual and reproductive health and rights today
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Over the past 30 years, global commitments to sexual and reproductive health and rights have made remarkable advances:... Read more
End discrimination to ensure the right to health for all
On World Health Day, we celebrate the successes achieved since the adoption of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD... Read more