27 November 2024

Publication

Making the Invisible Visible: Why disability matters in violence against women and bodily autonomy

Publication date: 01 Dec 2024

Publisher: UNFPA

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04 October 2024

News

Childbirth on the run: Amid mass exodus in Lebanon, medical support urgently needed

Amal was born on 2 October the border as her mother fled the escalating hostilities in Lebanon. © Omaya AL Mekdad / UNFPA Syria
  • 04 October 2024
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News

Harnessing the potential of older persons through UNFPA-supported programmes in the Maldives and Serbia

The Corner for Quality Ageing in central Serbia has a literary workshop every week, and a couple of members are published authors. © UNFPA Serbia / Vladimir Živojinović
  • 30 September 2024
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International Day of Older Persons

01 October 2024

Global

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News

A year of war in Gaza: One mother’s hardships, heartbreak – and hope

Nearly two million people in Gaza have been forced from their homes, many of them repeatedly, since October 2023. ©UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic
  • 25 September 2024
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From Vision to Action: Celebrating One Year of the Equity 2030 Alliance

25 September 2024

New York

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Giving birth in Gaza (Part 2): Labor

Published on: 03/09/2024

After months of being repeatedly displaced around Gaza, Malak, 22, faced an uncertain three hour drive to reach the hospital when she went into labor.

Let her describe the unthinkable struggle of bringing life into the world amid the war in Palestine.

Giving birth in Gaza (Part 1): Pregnancy interrupted

Published on: 27/08/2024

Malak, 22, was pregnant when the war in Gaza started. 

Forced to flee the bombs and tanks, she spent months being repeatedly displaced and searching desperately for prenatal care.

See the terrible reality for pregnant women like Malak of giving birth in Gaza.

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