News

Making family planning a priority in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

A woman rests with her newborn at a birthing centre outside Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Photo credit: UNFPA Turkmenistan

01 August 2014

Opinion

For a Better World for All

23 July 2014

News

UNFPA responds to needs of 36,000 pregnant women displaced in Pakistan

Thousands of displaced families have been living for years in the Jalozai camp in Pakistan's Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At the end of June, military operations in  North Waziristan sent thousands more families into displacement; most of them fled to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu District. Photo credit: OCHA

28 July 2014

News

In South Sudan, opposition to family planning exacerbates reproductive health needs

A pregnant women receives antenatal care at a UNFPA clinic in a displacement camp in Juba, South Sudan. The country has too few health professionals to meet women's reproductive health needs.Photo credit: Tim McKulka/UNFPA

30 July 2014

Press Release

UNFPA Alarmed Over Devastating Impact of Gaza Violence on Women, Girls

25 July 2014

News

Health needs escalate as crisis in Gaza continues

On 12 July, smoke rises from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip during the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine. Photo credit: UNICEF/NYHQ2014-0909/El Baba

24 July 2014

News

Girl Summit aims to end child marriage and FGM/C

Usha, 15, participated in a leadership programme for girls in Nepal. When her parents began preparing for her wedding, she convinced them to delay the marriage. "If I can’t prevent my own marriage, who will speak up for my classmates?” she told UNFPA. Photo credit: UNFPA/William A. Ryan

22 July 2014

News

Young people key in the fight against HIV

UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Kate Gilmore speaks to young people at the 'coolibah' networking zone for youth at the 2014 International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia. Photo credit: UNFPA

21 July 2014

Press Release

Breaking Open Public Places: UNFPA Launches Coolibah

21 July 2014

News

Violence survivors seek support amid Syrian conflict

Syrian women seeking reproductive health services at the Al-Halbouni clinic in Damascus, Syria. Photo credit: UNFPA Syria

18 July 2014

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