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04/05/2018

When pregnant women in war torn Yemen can not access health centers, midwives like Rawda travel to remote areas to insure a safe delivery. UNFPA is helping midwives in remote conflict-affected villages to set up home-based clinics so that midwives are within reach for pregnant women and their newborns. 

03/07/2018

Child marriage is a violation of human rights and a major factor preventing children from developing into healthy adults.

Although child marriage affects both boys and girls, girls are generally more exposed to it, particularly during emergencies, where families might marry girls off as a way, in their view, to protect them or to relieve themselves from the financial burden that girls represent.

In this video, two girls from Yemen give a first-hand testimony on how marriage has dramatically affected their lives and aspirations, and how they are coping and overcoming its negative effects.

06/02/2018

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a cruel practice that causes constant psychological and physical pain. 

 
This short video shows the suffering endured by women in who undergo FGM in Yemen. 
17/11/2017

As the blockade in Yemen enters its second week, assistance to 27 million people has been disrupted. Here are five critical facts about the effects this is having on the people of Yemen. 

15/11/2017

Yemen has historically been 80 to 90 per cent dependent on imported food, medicines and fuel. All ports, including Al Hudaydah, Saleef and Aden, are necessary to meeting Yemen’s needs.

The current blockade crisis puts the the entire country at risk. Girls, pregnant women and female-headed households are among the most vulnerable. 

17/09/2017

Yemen is witnessing the worst cholera outbreak in the world. One person dies every hour, and 5,000 or more people are suspected of cholera or acute watery diarrhoea every day.

Pregnant women are at high risk. UNFPA estimates the lives of 1.1 million malnourished pregnant women are at risk. 

01/08/2017

Women and girls in Yemen talk about the devastation they have experienced in Yemen's war. They also shared their hopes:

"My son and three of my nephews were killed. All of us are affected by the war. We don't receive salaries now. We not longer have anything."
"We got shot at, humiliated. We are starving. Our children are scattered in different places looking for food. We possess nothing."
"Our homes were destroyed, and our children were killed. The whole country is ruined. Honestly, my city Al Hudaydah is destroyed."
"I hope that the war in our country will be over soon, and that there will be justice."
"I hope to provide means for living for my children. I hope the war could stop so we could go back to our house. I have many hopes."
"I hope to have a home to embrace me and my children."

What would you do? #IfYouWereADecisionMaker

31/07/2017

Women and girls in Yemen explain how their lives have been upended by war. They also shared their hopes:

"The war has affected us so deeply. We are displaced. We do not have an income. We are starving."
"Our children were killed, our homes have been destroyed, and we have been humiliated."
"We now live in these huts. Life is very difficult."
"We were already poor. The war came and forced us out of our homes. We do not have anything now. Our children are hungry and thirsty."
"Our schools and houses were burnt. We cannot go to school. We have been separated from our friends."
"I will do good. I will help people in need and I will stop the war."
"If I had the power, I would help people and fix this crisis and change our lives. But there is nothing I can do now."

What would you do? #IfYouWereADecisionMaker

See Part 2 of this video here.

17/05/2017

In times of crisis, the hygiene needs of women and girls almost never appear on the list of priority needs , even though menstruation cycles and attending to one’s personal cleanliness are constant. This short video show the importance of dignity kits for women and girls during humanitarian crises.

08/05/2017

Displaced women in Al Mahawit recieve dignity kits. 

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