News

Fighting for justice for women amidst conflict in Yemen

Already high rates of sexual and gender-based violence are rising admist the now year-old conflict in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen

28 March 2016

News

One month later: Getting critical services to pregnant women after Fiji’s Cyclone Winston

Elenoa sits with her infant daughter on a bed in Rakiraki Hospital. © UNFPA Pacific Sub-Regional Office/Ariela Zibiah

21 March 2016

News

Global leaders launch a new programme to support women in conflict zones

The vulnerabilities of women and girls have often been overlooked in traditional responses to crisis. © UNFPA/Nake Batev

16 March 2016

Resources

Ukraine Humanitarian Newsletter, Issue 03, March 2016

Resource date: Mar 2016

News

Honour roll: Child brides return to school in Niger

Aichatou, who was married at 15 and widowed at 16, writes on the blackboard during French class. © UNFPA Niger/Souleymane Saddi Maâzou

10 March 2016

Publications

Reporting on Gender-Based Violence in the Syria Crisis: Good Practices in the Media

Number of pages: 56

Publication date: 07 Mar 2016

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

News

Report from Yemen: Transforming the lives of women in a conflict zone

Amidst the chaos of the conflict, women in Yemen have increased vulnerability to gender-based violence. © UNFPA Yemen

18 February 2016

Resources

Five Years of Saving Lives: The Regional Response to the Syria Crisis 2015

Resource date: Feb 2016

News

Gender equality key to ending dangerous and discriminatory practices

Kenyan activist Betty Naisenya Lolgisoi with UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Kate Gilmore at a United Nations panel on ending practices harmful to women and girls. © UNFPA/Lin Gao

16 March 2015

Publication

Girlhood, Not Motherhood

Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy

Number of pages: 58

Publication date: 01 Dec 2015

Author: UNFPA

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