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![UNFPA through its local partner, SFPA, provide women and girls in rural Idleb in northwestern Syria with reproductive health con](https://syria.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/cover_16.jpg?itok=OKjrPWrK)
"My only wish for my daughter is that she has a better life than mine, and has a high-quality education,"
"My only wish for my daughter is that she has a better life than mine, and has a high-quality education," said Hana. Hana and her family... Read more
![UNFPA and its local implementing partner SFPA provide women and girls in rural Idleb reproductive health consultations, pregnanc](https://syria.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/cover_18.jpg?itok=DPxU5kxU)
“Despite the cold weather, we have set up a tent in front of our home to sleep in it at night because our homes were damaged a lot in the earthquake,”
“Despite the cold weather, we have set up a tent in front of our home to sleep in it at night because our homes were damaged a lot in the earthquake... Read more
![Khan Shaykhun - Rural Idleb - Northwest Syria](https://syria.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/222.jpg?itok=CRBW7TG7)
Earthquake survivors include 356,000 pregnant women who urgently require reproductive healthcare
New York/Geneva, 18 February 2023 - Among the survivors of the earthquakes that devastated lives in Türkiye and Syria are around 356,000 pregnant... Read more
![UNFPA -supported women and girls’ safe spaces in Aleppo every day to take part in activities like vocational training, awareness](https://syria.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/cover_22.jpg?itok=JuHUqbCU)
We are now frightened of what may come next
So, for me, attending the women and girls’ safe space not only helps me to learn a career, but also helps me to recover from the fears in my heart... Read more
![Reham receives reproductive health services and postnatal health care from the SFPA & UNFPA supported mobile teams.](https://syria.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/cover_23.jpg?itok=-HQlTowb)
“The living condition in the shelter is vey tough for me & my baby. It is so cold at night and so crowded, in addition to the food shortage,”
The mom was planning for a great reception for her 1st baby , but in reality everything ran out of control due to the devastating earthquake which... Read more
![Baby Huda was born in Lattakia, Syria, a day before the earthquakes. “Our house collapsed,” said her mother, Nuha. Mother and child are being sheltered at a converted school and received medical treatment for wounds from a UNFPA-supported mobile health team. © UNFPA Syria/Dana Mousa Baby Huda was born in Lattakia, Syria, a day before the earthquakes. “Our house collapsed,” said her mother, Nuha. Mother and ch](https://syria.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/up11et2-1000x560.jpg?itok=F4kU-Ops)
After more than a decade of war, earthquakes are a catastrophe on top of a crisis for millions of people in Syria
LATTAKIA, Syria – Nuha gave birth to baby Huda on 5 February in Lattakia, in western Syria. The young mother remembers feeling so much hope, so much... Read more
![ALEPPO, SYRIA - A child is seen among damaged buildings in Afrin district of Aleppo, Syria after earthquakes hit Turkiye and Syria. ALEPPO, SYRIA - A child is seen among damaged buildings in Afrin district of Aleppo, Syria after earthquakes hit Turkiye and Syr](https://syria.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/gettyimages-1246847125-young-girl-1000x560.jpg?itok=hqa-qqys)
UNFPA scaling up emergency response to reach women and girls in Türkiye and Syria in aftermath of powerful earthquakes
New York/Geneva, 7 February 2023 – UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is working with national and local authorities to... Read more
![Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2022](https://syria.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/statement_3_4_6.png?itok=QJOXhb0u)
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2022
Equal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights is crucial for all 8 billion people in our world today. The urgent call to dismantle... Read more
![EU-UNFPA partnership helps Syrian women amid increasing needs](https://syria.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/untitled_design_13_4_0.png?itok=jt7JFCcj)
EU-UNFPA partnership helps Syrian women amid increasing needs
Amman, 28 November 2022 — Humanitarian funding from the European Union (EU) to the tune of EUR 6 million will enable the United Nations Population... Read more
![Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2](https://syria.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/statement_3_4_5.png?itok=IsaLX3ki)
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2022
With the global population recently reaching 8 billion, we can celebrate many signs of human progress. Better health and longer lives brought us to... Read more