With Yemen’s health system approaching a breaking point, displaced women sew face masks to protect community SANA’A, Yemen – With more than 130 confirmed cases of COVID-19, Yemen is struggling to keep the full impact of the pandemic
Circle of Friends: Monthly Donors Provide a Lifeline to Women and Girls in Need Bonnie Catena supports Friends of UNFPA because she knows that it will take a sustained commitment to reach the day
Your Support in Action: Protecting Women During the Greatest Public Health Crisis in a Century In every humanitarian catastrophe, women and girls are disproportionately affected, abused, and exploited — and the coronavirus pandemic has been
COVID-19 in Humanitarian Crisis Zones: How You Help Women Already Struggling to Survive More and more COVID-19 cases are appearing in places where people have suffered years of war and persecution. In densely
Against My Will: UNFPA’s State of the World Population Report 2020 Every year, UNFPA, the leading agency on reproductive health and rights worldwide, releases its State of the World Population (SWOP) report. The report highlights
In Nepal, COVID-19 turning pregnancy excitement into fear KATHMANDU, Nepal – In far-western Nepal, Dhana Bhatt is waiting out the last weeks of her pregnancy, a time that should
Safe birth services save lives, prevent childbirth injury in Tanzania BARIADI, United Republic of Tanzania – Midwife Nuriat Koku Mtumbi remembers the day in March well: “It was raining heavily and
For pregnant COVID-19 patients in Egypt, a safe place to deliver CAIRO, Egypt – As soon as she started her ninth month of pregnancy, Mayada Reda started coughing and feeling feverish. Then
How COVID-19 Worsens Existing Gender Inequalities The COVID-19 pandemic has further demonstrated that access to healthcare – and the impact of health crises – is different for everyone. During this unprecedented crisis, existing gaps in access have
For Kyrgyzstan’s LGBTQI community, risks escalate under COVID-19 pandemic BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – Alina* has faced a lifetime of challenges all too familiar to other transgender people. And she says those
