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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 In the framework of France’s efforts to support the…
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03 November 2023
Statement
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.
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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
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29 September 2023
Press Release
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 Office of Denmark organised a two…
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01 September 2023
Story
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 Federation/Augusta Victoria…
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03 July 2023
Story
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 new start of the era of their…
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27 June 2023
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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 of uncertainty caused by…
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26 June 2023
Story
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 gathering is to spend quality…
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06 June 2023
News
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, and sexual reproductive health. This…
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