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1 June 2020
News

“I thought I might die”: Pregnant women struggle to access care in Syria during COVID- 19

Seba, a pregnant woman in ninth month. She followed up her pregnancy at the Family Planning Center for Pregnant Women Care in Homs. She heard about... Read more

17 May 2020
Statement

Break the silence!

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

5 May 2020
Statement

Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis

As the world battles COVID-19, women continue to get pregnant and babies are still being born. Childbirth doesn't stop for pandemics, and... Read more

28 April 2020
Press Release

New UNFPA projections predict calamitous impact on women’s health as COVID-19 pandemic continues

Press release for immediate release   More than 47 million women could lose access to contraception, leading to 7 million unintended pregnancies in the coming months. New York, USA, 28 April 2020 -... Read more

12 April 2020
Statement

OPEN LETTER FROM THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS OF UNDP, UNWOMEN, UNPFA AND ESCWA IN THE ARAB STATES REGION TO GOVERNMENTS IN THE REGION

      OPEN LETTER FROM THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS OF UNDP, UNWOMEN, UNPFA AND ESCWA IN THE ARAB STATES REGION TO GOVERNMENTS IN THE REGION   At the beginning of this week, the United Nations Secretary-... Read more

7 April 2020
Statement

World Health Day: Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic

On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to everything we do at UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health... Read more

26 March 2020
Statement

Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response

  Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem    New York, 26 March 2020 - With each passing day, the scale... Read more

16 March 2020
News

UNFPA sounds the alarm on dire situation facing women and girls in Syria, as conflict enters its 10th year

  UNFPA sounds the alarm on dire situation facing women and girls in Syria, as conflict enters its 10th year   NEW YORK, USA, 16 March 2020 - UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health... Read more

11 March 2020
Press Release

UNFPA Arab States Regional Office launches ‘A Women Even Here’ campaign

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   UNFPA Arab States Regional Office launches ‘A Women Even Here’ campaign Cairo, 8 March 2020 – UNFPA Arab States Regional Office (ASRO) is marking this year’s International... Read more

8 March 2020
Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women's Day, 8 March 2020

This International Women's Day, we celebrate the icons who blazed the trail towards gender equality. We now look to today’s generation of activists, women who are shaping a vision of a better... Read more

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