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13 March 2017
Statement

Statement by Regional Director for Arab States on the Crisis in Yemen

The alarming level of food scarcity in Yemen is putting the lives of 352,000 pregnant women at risk, and could harm the health of 2.2 million women... Read more

8 March 2017
News

International Women's Day 2017

Read how eight bold survivors of gender-based violence in Yemen change their lives with our support.

28 December 2016
News

For former child bride, a second chance

Married at age 9, Shukria has gone back to school, hoping to empower a new generation of women.

25 November 2016
Press Release

Three million women and girls at risk of violence in Yemen

The onset of the 20-month long crisis has placed nearly 3 million women and girls at risk of gender-based violence across the country. Some 8,031... Read more

17 November 2016
News

Families increasingly resort to child marriage as Yemen’s conflict grinds on

Attempts to set 18 as the minimum marrying age collapsed with the outbreak of the conflict last year. And today, child marriage rates could be much... Read more

1 November 2016
News
Violence against women was widespread even before the current conflict, but experts say abuses are becoming even more commonplace. A women's shelter in a port city in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen

Violence against women escalates under Yemen's brutal conflict

SANA’A, Yemen – The conflict in Yemen has been catastrophic for its civilian population. Thousands have been killed and over 12 million people are... Read more

24 October 2016
Press Release

10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age

Conflicts and situations of displacement increase the challenges faced by girls as occurrence of violence against women, including early marriage,... Read more

21 September 2016
Press Release

Cargo plane carrying reproductive health supplies arrives in Sana’a

The first-ever cargo plane since the escalation of violence in Yemen, arrived in Sana'a, carrying $200,000 worth of life-saving reproductive... Read more

12 September 2016
News

Home-based clinics for community midwives

A large number of community midwives have lost their jobs or had their work spaces destroyed as a result of the conflict in Yemen.  To address this, UNFPA with the support of the Government of... Read more

1 September 2016
News
Child marriage on the rise

Child marriage on the rise

A recent thematic assessment on child marriage across eleven southern and northern governorates in Yemen shows an increase in child marriage, particularly among girls, following the outbreak of war.... Read more

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