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26 April 2017
Statement
Women and girls among the most vulnerable in Yemen
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) would like to thank OCHA, the esteemed Governments of Sweden and Switzerland for organizing today’s landmark event on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.... Read more
27 March 2017
Press Release
Two-year conflict in Yemen’s takes heaviest toll on women and girls
Sana’a, Yemen, 27 March 2017 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund estimates that the health and protection of more than 2.2 million women and girls of childbearing age are at risk as the... Read more
23 March 2017
News
Women and girls see increased abuse, vulnerability, lack of healthcare
Brutal conflict in Yemen reaches two year mark
SANA’A, Yemen – On 26 March 2015, the conflict in Yemen dramatically escalated. Two years later, it has become one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.    An estimated 18.8 million people... Read more
13 March 2017
Statement
Statement by Regional Director for Arab States on the Crisis in Yemen
Statement attributable to @UNFPA Director for the Arab States Regional Office, Dr Luay Shabaneh, on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen    The alarming level of food scarcity in Yemen is putting the... Read more
8 March 2017
International Women's Day 2017
Kholoud, 27 years ”I am learning how to read and right and realizing how important it is”   Kholoud’s family threw her out of the house when she got cancer, because they thought it was contagious.... Read more
28 December 2016
For former child bride, a second chance
IBB, Yemen – Shukria was married off at just 9 years old. The wedding was arranged to settle a debt her family owed to a 50-year-old man. “He told my father he would forget the debt and give even... Read more
25 November 2016
Press Release
Three million women and girls at risk of violence in Yemen
Sana’a, Yemen, 25 November 2016 – This is 2016 and yet one in three women worldwide still experiences or has experienced some form of physical or sexual violence, usually perpetrated by someone she... Read more
17 November 2016
News
Families increasingly resort to child marriage as Yemen’s conflict grinds on
IBB, Yemen – Last year, Ayisha was married at only 13 years old. She delivered a baby several weeks ago – a girl. “My family forced me to get married and took me out of school,” she told... 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 now targeted for humanitarian assistance. Many have... Read more
24 October 2016
Press Release
10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age
Sana’a, Yemen, 24 October 2016 – Forced marriage, child labour, female genital mutilation and other practices undermining girls’ health and rights threaten the world’s ambitious development agenda,... Read more

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