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5 May 2020
Statement

Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis

  Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis   Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2020   As the... Read more

4 May 2020
News
The pandemic has introduced danger and uncertainty to the start of motherhood. Clockwise from top left: © UNFPA DRC, © China Maternal and Child Health Association, © Ethiopian Midwives Association, © UNFPA Honduras, © ZHIAN health organization, © Vojislav Gushevski, © UNFPA Albania

Mothers, midwives risking their lives to bring new life into the world

UNITED NATIONS, New York – Around the world, May is a time to celebrate mothers and the health workers who help them enter motherhood. Dozens of... Read more

28 April 2020
Press Release

New UNFPA projections predict calamitous impact on women’s health as COVID-19 pandemic continues

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the number of women unable to access family planning, facing unintended pregnancies, gender-based violence and... Read more

7 April 2020
Statement

Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic

On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to everything we do at UNFPA, the... Read more

27 March 2020
Statement
Statement

Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem  ​New York, 26 March 2020 - With each passing day, the scale of the COVID-19 crisis and its... Read more

26 March 2020
Statement

Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response

  Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem  New York, 26 March 2020 - With each passing day, the scale of the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences are becoming ever more apparent and... Read more

24 March 2020
Press Release

Japan grants USD 463,636 to Women’s health, supporting urgent protection needs of sexual and reproductive health and breast cancer in vulnerable communities in Gaza and West Bank

    Press Release   Japan grants USD 463,636 to Women’s health, supporting urgent protection needs of sexual and reproductive health and breast cancer in vulnerable communities in Gaza and... Read more

17 March 2020
Press Release

UNFPA sounds the alarm on dire situation facing women and girls in Syria, As conflict enters its 10th year

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   UNFPA sounds the alarm on dire situation facing women and girls in Syria, As conflict enters its 10th year   NEW YORK, USA, 16 March 2020 - UNFPA, the United Nations sexual... Read more

10 March 2020
Statement

UNFPA statement on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and pregnancy

  UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, is closely monitoring and working with partners, governments and UN agencies to address the outbreak of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19),... Read more

8 March 2020
Statement

I am Generation Equality: Working together to achieve a gender-equal world

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women's Day This International Women's Day, we celebrate the icons who blazed the trail towards gender equality. We now look... Read more

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