Press Release

UNFPA Announces Winners of Joint Innovation Challenge: ten projects that will change the lives of women and girls

04 August 2022

Updates

Announcing the Winners of the Joint Innovation Challenge 2022

01 Aug 2022

Publications

UNFPA Implementation of the Essential Services Package for Women and Girls Subject to Violence: A consultation report

Number of pages: 20

Publication date: 27 Jun 2022

Author: Technical Division, UNFPA

News

Sexual violence in conflict: Overlooked, under-reported and in danger of being “normalized”

Accompanied by a mobile medical team, a UNFPA health care worker carries out regular visits to Homs, Syria. © UNFPA Syria

19 June 2022

News

Women journalists threatened with sexual violence, hate speech

Vijaita Singh says coordinated attacks against women journalists are common. She has experienced such violence herself. Image courtesy of Vijaita Singh.

17 June 2022

#ThisIsNotNormal

Published on: 19/06/2023

Statement

Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict

16 June 2022

News

Women take the lead with new counselling and support centre in Palestine

A meeting is held at the newly established women-run centre in Issawiyah, Jerusalem. Image courtesy of PCC.

02 June 2022

Ukraine War: Supporting gender-based violence survivors

Published on: 04/05/2022

From a gender-based violence (GBV) shelter in Lviv, our Senior Emergency Coordinator Mustafa Elkanzi describes how UNFPA supports women and girls during the war in Ukraine.

Learn more about our work on the ground.

News

5 things to know about motherhood

Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world throughout the year. In Somalia, above, the day falls in March. © Tobin Jones for UNFPA

03 May 2022

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