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29 August 2018
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State of Kuwait helps to assist vulnerable women and girls in Yemen
UNFPA welcomed the generous contribution of $1.75 million from the State of Kuwait to assist the most vulnerable women and girls affected by the conflict in Yemen.
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22 August 2018
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Mitigating psychological effects of gender-based violence
In July, UNFPA supported the launch of two Family Counselling Centres in Sana’a and Aden to help alleviate the psychological effects of gender-based violence, which has…
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15 August 2018
Press Release
Increased assistance for vulnerable women and girls fleeing Hodeidah
UNFPA welcomed the generous contribution of $4.2 million from the Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund to assist the most vulnerable women and girls displaced from the recent escalation…
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08 August 2018
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“I felt I was in hell” – Escalating hostilities threaten thousands of pregnant women in Yemen’s Hodeidah
HODEIDAH, Yemen – Escalating violence in Hodeidah, Yemen, threatens the city’s estimated 90,000 pregnant women and girls, UNFPA has announced. Some 14…
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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
Press Release
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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