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Statement by Regional Director for Arab States on the Situation in Hodeidah
Cairo, 11 June 2018 – We are extremely alarmed by latest escalation of violence in Yemen, most recently in the port city of Hodeidah, one of the country’s most densely populated areas. In the event... Read more
In war-torn Yemen, a devastating childbirth injury, then a glimpse of hope
SANA’A, Yemen – Shaima, 20, has experienced more than her share of suffering. Displaced by conflict, she was married off at 14, then endured pregnancy after pregnancy before her body was ready. She... Read more
Amid grinding conflict, Yemen’s midwives go to heroic lengths to save lives
Hajjah, Yemen – “When the war broke out, I left my job in the city and came to Aslam,” Rawthah Ahmed, a midwife with 25 years of experience, told UNFPA. Her services are desperately needed in Aslam,... Read more
Japan supports UNFPA to protect women and girls in Yemen
Sana’a, 4 April 2018 – The Government of Japan contributes $781,326 to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for its work in Yemen to protect women and girls from gender-based violence and to... Read more
The plight of being pregnant in today’s Yemen
Sana'a Yemen - When Amna, a 30 year old woman from Sanaa, Yemen, gave birth to her second child, the baby was born with severe disabilities and died immediately. “Throughout my pregnancy I had only... Read more
Statement of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on the Situation in Yemen
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is concerned about the effects of the total closure of air, sea and land access to Yemen on the people in... Read more
Yemen’s deadly cholera outbreak puts pregnant women in danger
Worst cholera outbreak in the world takes toll on pregnant women and new mothers.
Statement by Regional Director for Arab States on the Cholera Outbreak
Cairo, 28 May 2017 – I am deeply concerned by the confirmed news on the rise of cholera in Yemen, which comes as a possibly fatal addition to the hardships that Yemeni men and women have been facing... Read more
Women and girls among the most vulnerable in Yemen
UNFPA statement at the high-level pledging event for the humanitarian response in Yemen
Two-year conflict in Yemen’s takes heaviest toll on women and girls
UNFPA estimates that the health and protection of more than 2.2 million women and girls of childbearing age are at risk as the conflict in Yemen... Read more