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3 May 2021
Press Release

UN Women and UNFPA join forces to combat rising gender-based violence in Palestine

UN Women and UNFPA have received $3 Million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (UN CERF) to primarily support women- and... Read more

28 April 2021
Press Release
Awareness Raising Campaign on breast cancer by PMRS in October 2019

Japan grants USD 947,700 to Women’s health, supporting urgent protection needs of sexual and reproductive health and breast cancer in vulnerable communities in Palestine

RAMALLAH, Palestine 28 April 2021 – The Government of Japan contributed USD 947,700 in support of UNFPA’s humanitarian response to the protection and... Read more

8 March 2021
Statement

Celebrate women leaders on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response and beyond

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem International Women’s Day 8 March 2021   All over the world, women lead. They lead peace processes, run businesses, establish hospitals and... Read more

8 March 2021
News

Providing safe spaces for survivors of violence, even during COVID-19

Gender-based violence (GBV) rooms provide safe and private spaces for survivors of violence seeking medical, psychological, and social support in the... Read more

23 December 2020
News
Laila-Midwife-Gaza

“Midwifery is a great and honorable profession” – a midwife’s story

“A midwife ensures a pleasant birth and a happy mother and baby. I loved supporting women when they were most in need”. When Laila Masharfa began to... Read more

15 December 2020
News

Palestinian Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (PMICS) 2019-2020, announced

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in cooperation with UNICEF, announced the main results of the Palestinian Multiple Indicator Cluster... Read more

10 December 2020
News

Palestinian Prime Minister, UNICEF, UNFPA, and UNDP sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen volunteering opportunities for young people in the State of Palestine

    JOINT PRESS RELEASE Palestinian Prime Minister, UNICEF, UNFPA, and UNDP sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen volunteering opportunities for young people in the State of Palestine... Read more

10 December 2020
Statement

Standing up for human rights more important than ever

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on Human Rights Day Realizing human rights, equal and inalienable for every person, is the most just and meaningful goal of any society.  Human... Read more

10 December 2020
News
Rafah Safe Space - 2019

“I was able to change the direction of my life” - How a safe space for women provided compassion and hope

My husband started physically and verbally abusing me the day we got married. I discovered a week after our wedding day that he was a drug user.  So says Huda, a 30-year-old woman living with her... Read more

8 December 2020
News

Preventing violence through education in the West Bank

Violence severely affects women, girls, men, and boys in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The COVID-19 pandemic has particularly exacerbated violence... Read more

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