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As crisis escalates in Yemen, pregnant women need essential care
SA’ADA, Yemen – Civilian fatalities are mounting in Yemen, with some of the deadliest episodes of violence taking place in the last two months. UNFPA estimates over 400,000 pregnant women are caught... Read more
Strengthening reproductive health care in Ibb
UNFPA distributed over $600,000 worth of equipment to meet the reproductive health needs of women and their newborns in Ibb, with the support of the... Read more
Time to invest in Yemen’s 1.4 million teenage girls
On World Population Day, UNFPA highlights the situation of teenage girls in Yemen and around the world; and the importance of empowering them and... Read more
Improving the Clinical Management of Rape Survivors
Sexual violence, such as rape is often heightening in times of conflicts. In order to prevent and manage possible health consequences, rape survivors must have access to clinical care, including... Read more
First ever mapping exercise of gender-based violence services in Yemen
Sana’a 28 April 2016 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in partnership with INTERSOS and Yemeni Women Union conducted a mapping exercise to identify active local and international actors... Read more
Helping to expand coverage of reproductive health care in Yemen
Sana’a-20 April 2016 – As the crisis has crippled lifesaving work in most governorates in Yemen, leaving 3.4 million women and girls of reproductive age vulnerable without access to basic health... Read more
A Year of Conflict in Yemen Puts the Lives of 3.4 Million Women of Reproductive Age at Risk
Sana’a, Yemen, 30 March 2016 – A year of intensification of the conflict in Yemen, has led to 21.2 million people requiring some form of humanitarian assistance, with nearly half of them being women... Read more
Fighting for justice for women amidst conflict in Yemen
SANA’A, Yemen – Aisha* was raised in a one room apartment adjacent to her father’s grocery shop in a small town 100 kilometres from Sana’a, Yemen’s capital. Shortly after she turned 12, her father... Read more
UNFPA provides life-saving care for pregnant women in Taizz
Sana’a, Yemen, 9 March 2016 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, estimates that at least 90,000 pregnant women are in Taizz City, with 4,500 of them facing the risk of dying due to... Read more
Japan donates $1.5 million to help women, girls in Yemen
Sana’a, 23 February 2016 – The Government of Japan has contributed $1.5 million to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for its work in Yemen to protect women and girls from gender-based... Read more