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04 August 2018
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Statement attributable to @UNFPA Director for the Arab States Regional Office, Dr Luay Shabaneh, on the attack at Al Tharwa Hospital in Hodeidah
We are extremely shocked by the attack on Yemen’s largest hospital in Hodeidah. Al-Thawra Hospital serves as a major neonatal care facility with some 400 deliveries taking place…
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01 August 2018
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90,000 pregnant women at risk from the escalating conflict in Hodeidah
Sana’a, 1 August 2018 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund is extremely concerned of the escalating situation in Hodeidah, placing women and girls of…
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25 July 2018
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Community dialogues to take action against GBV
UNFPA-supported community committees and men-tomen networks organized a series of 12 dialogues to identify the root causes of gender-based violence and its consequences and to…
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25 July 2018
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Midwife escapes death after being denied maternal health care
Najat knew the dangers of childbirth. But when her own needs clashed with her husband’s traditional ideas, she suffered in ways she could not have imagined.
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17 July 2018
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Yemen Celebrates World Population Day 2018
UNFPA highlights healthy family planning as a right for every family on World Population Day 2018.
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12 June 2018
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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…
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21 May 2018
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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…
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04 May 2018
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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…
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04 April 2018
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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…
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