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16 April 2024
Press Release
France and the UN join hands to strengthen maternal and neonatal health services in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

France and the UN join hands to strengthen maternal and neonatal health services in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank

France and the UN join hands to strengthen maternal and neonatal health services in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank In the framework of France’s... Read more

3 November 2023
Statement
Joint statement by UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA and UNRWA on Women and newborns bearing the brunt of the conflict in Gaza

Joint Statement: UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA and UNRWA on Women and newborns bearing the brunt of the conflict in Gaza

Since 7 October 2023, the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip deteriorated leaving women and their newborns bearing the brunt of the conflict.

16 October 2023
Statement

“Each step felt like a race against death.” Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the situation of pregnant women during current Gaza crisis

29 September 2023
Press Release
Palestine Youth Summit at the Youth Village

Palestine Youth Summit: From Aspirations to Actions

The European Union, Belgian development agency (Enabel), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Sharek Youth Forum, and the Representative... Read more

1 September 2023
Story
Ultrasound at a mobile clinic in the West Bank

Bringing Hope and Health to Women in Palestine’s remote areas

In Palestine where access in general, especially to healthcare, is a significant challenge, UNFPA Palestine in partnership with the Lutheran World... Read more

3 July 2023
Story
Thank you letter from Hadeel to the staff at Bureij Safe Space

Once previously rejected by her community, Hadeel embraces the new Hadeel

Bureij Safe Space can be more than a place for women subjected to violence, but a place where survivors of the different forms of violence can have a... Read more

27 June 2023
Story
Raneen, 23, helped deliver her baby sister at home during C19

From Daughter to Deliverer: A Young Midwifery Student Helps Deliver Her Baby Sister After Her Mother Goes Into Emergency Labour at Home in Gaza

In Gaza, one of the most conflict-mired and densely populated places on earth, the miracle of childbirths takes place day after day. Whether in days... Read more

26 June 2023
Story
Iman al-Masri, Midwife, Gaza 2023

Never too late to Honor Midwives

In Gaza, 377 midwives from the five governorates representing 28 primary health care centers, and five maternity units, met. The objectives of their... Read more

6 June 2023
News
The Majd Journey, supported by Belgium, has resulted in positive outcomes among students and educators in Palestine.

Belgium and UNFPA engage young people to change harmful social norms and advance gender equality in Palestine

"Majd Diary" has helped adolescents, young people and parents change their perspectives when it comes to gender roles, gender, violence,... Read more

29 May 2023
Press Release
During the signing of an agreement in Jerusalem

Safe transition: equipping Palestinian adolescents to be safe, healthy, and equal on the road to adulthood

With a total budget of 600,000.00 EUR provided by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation the project will contribute to promoting gender... Read more

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