USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM

Women and girls are reporting more infections in Gaza

Heavy rainfall and winter weather adds misery and suffering.   Winter weather adds misery and suffering in Gaza: Conditions are worsening for people living in Gaza as winter weather sets in including heavy rainfall soaking people in tents.  — NBC DONATE NOW …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM

The Emergency Birth Kit ensured Fatema and her baby survived

Midwives provide vital care and support to women and girls, but a well-equipped midwife saves lives.   Fatema is a pregnant 19-year-old woman living in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh — home to the world’s largest refugee camp and over 1 million Rohingya refugees. During her pregnancy, sh…

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  Gaza Ceasefire Update · [email protected]

November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Winter is approaching in Gaza. There’s no time to lose.

The ceasefire agreement offers hope, but winter is coming and the crisis in Gaza is not over.   “I could feel the baby kicking and reacting fearfully to the sound of bombings,” Nour told UNFPA. For many women like Nour, who is pregnant and displaced, the ceasefire in Gaza represents…

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  Sudan: Mothers in Crisis · [email protected]

November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM

“I can't afford to save both twins”

  Every day, the civil war in Sudan takes more and more from families under siege. Money, livestock, and property are being stolen, along with the health and futures of their children. Two years of conflict has created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 3 million childre…

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  DRC @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM

“Tears flowed everywhere in the safe space”

  Content Warning: The following includes violence and sexual assault. The women and girls of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are caught in one of the world’s most neglected humanitarian crises — one marked by displacement, safety, health, and nutrition challenges. Amid con…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM

In Gaza, hunger is everywhere

  In Gaza, the ceasefire is holding, but women and girls are still exhausted, starving, and afraid. Mothers are doing everything they can to keep their children alive. Everybody is hungry. For pregnant women and newborns, this is a deadly threat. An estimated 55,000 pregnant and b…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM

A heartbreaking crisis of reproductive agency is unfolding in Namibia

At UNFPA, we are committed to helping every girl reach her fullest potential.   In the Alpha village in the Kunene Region of Namibia, 21-year-old Elly sat outside her family home and wrapped her newborn in a onesie. “I should have been in Grade 11 this year,” Elly shared with UNFPA.…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM

Sign the card!

  SIGN THE CARD: As we head into the holiday season, we want to make sure UNFPA's workers across the globe know we're thinking about them. Global funding cuts for UNFPA’s lifesaving work have put pressure on healthcare workers to do more with less, even in the world’s most…

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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM

Fwd: Repeated attacks destroyed the last maternity hospital

  Hi there, I have an update for you on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. We received the shocking news that we had lost contact with our staff at the Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher. In case you missed it, you can read more in the update below. We have now received confirmat…

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  Kenya Alert · [email protected]

November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM

Empower young women with the tools they need to thrive

Through it all, case workers at UNFPA safe spaces continue to do all they can to deliver crucial care to the most vulnerable.   Taboos around menstruation create a compounding crisis for girls in Kenya, impacting their health, their dignity, and their futures.  Your immediate actio…

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  Staff @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM

We’re there — no matter what

  When we say that we will deliver for women and girls no matter what, we mean it. Our skilled healthcare workers travel via boat, camel, and even scale cliffsides to distribute lifesaving care. We’re only able to care for women and girls in some of the most remote areas of the wor…

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  Haiti Alert · [email protected]

November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM

“I gave birth on the ground at the camp with the help of a woman.”

Through it all, case workers at UNFPA safe spaces continue to do all they can to deliver crucial care to the most vulnerable.   Content warning: This email discusses violence and sexual assault. Please read with care. When gang violence came to her neighborhood, 18-year-old Jeanette…

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  Gaza Ceasefire Update · [email protected]

November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM

Rush aid while we can

Through it all, case workers at UNFPA safe spaces continue to do all they can to deliver crucial care to the most vulnerable.   GAZA CEASEFIRE HOLDING:  YOU CAN DELIVER LIFESAVING CARE TO WOMEN AND GIRLS RUSH AN EMERGENCY GIFT A woman holds a box of UNFPA supplies while walking awa…

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  Alert: South Sudan · [email protected]

November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Keep this lifeline open for 22,000 pregnant women

  Since conflict started in Sudan, over 1.2 million people have crossed to South Sudan for safety. Recent flooding and violence in the region has intensified an already dire situation. The rainy season only exacerbates the risks of malnutrition and disease outbreaks. Catastrophic …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM

Your monthly commitment can change lives

  Women and girls across the world need your help. Your generous monthly gift ensures women and girls have the sexual and reproductive healthcare they need, when they need it, wherever they are, no matter what. Monthly commitments ensure women and girls have access to family planni…

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  Gaza Case Workers @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM

“I fully understand the pain of need, hunger and repeated displacement.”

Through it all, case workers at UNFPA safe spaces continue to do all they can to deliver crucial care to the most vulnerable.   The situation in the Gaza humanitarian crisis continues to deteriorate. Famine, violence, and shortages of medicines and clean water threaten the lives of …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

November 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM

We reach those in need, even where many others can’t

  Wherever a disaster or conflict strikes, it’s women and girls who are disproportionately impacted.  UNFPA’s fleet of motorbike ambulances — fueled by generous donors like you — reaches women and girls in need where many others can't. From remote villages across Ukraine to shelle…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM

80 years of breaking down barriers

  For the past 80 years, the United Nations has delivered lifesaving aid to the most vulnerable around the world, reaching tens of millions of people in need every year.  UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, works with our partners to uphold the rights …

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  Anu Surendran · [email protected]

October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM

It's time to address the global midwifery gap.

“We have seen a significant increase in the number of deliveries. We are delivering babies non-stop. One day, we had 78 newborns.”   The ceasefire in Gaza offers moments of much-needed relief and a glimmer of hope for Palestinian women and girls who have suffered through two years o…

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  SUDAN ALERT @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Repeated attacks destroyed the last maternity hospital

  ALERT: We have lost all contact with our staff at the last maternity hospital in El Fasher, Sudan — one of the hardest hit areas in the world's largest humanitarian crisis. We are receiving alarming reports of midwives being abducted and thousands of women and girls are …

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  Ghana @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM

Your support is life-changing for teen mothers like Lucy

More investments mean healthier families, empowered youth, and a Ghana ready to harness its demographic dividend.   Teen mothers in Ghana are seeing their childhoods — and the futures they’ve dreamed of — slip away. Teen pregnancy is often the result of failures to educate, protect,…

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  Ukraine Alert Reminder · [email protected]

October 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM

What happened in Ukraine

We still need your to replace the hundreds of destroyed kits.   The recent attack in the Kherson region of Ukraine destroyed nearly 800 hygiene kits bound for women and girls in Ukraine — where families have lost everything and are living without power, water, shelter, or basic sup…

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  Afghanistan Hunger Update @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM

“I wanted to be a doctor in the future. But then, all the doors of schools were closed.”

  Almost 10 million people are hungry in Afghanistan as the country sees its sharpest-ever surge in child malnutrition. 1 in 3 children is stunted. And, one the most dangerous places to give birth has become even more treacherous.  When hunger spikes, it’s women and girls who eat …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Girls worldwide are on the frontlines of crises

Despite the unimaginable situations they’re living in, girls remain resilient and hopeful for the future.   Nearly half of today’s girls and young people live in the heart of conflict or on the frontlines of crisis. Their journey to adulthood is perilous, marked by the crushing con…

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  Neglected Crisis in DR Congo @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM

“Congolese women and girls endure tremendous suffering but never give up on their hope.”

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the middle of a deepening, neglected humanitarian crisis.   Content warning: This email contains descriptions of sexual assault. Please read with care. Shoko Arakaki, UNFPA Director of Humanitarian Affairs, saw how displaced women and girl…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM

These four women had emergency birth kits

The reality is that women become pregnant and give birth all of the time as they navigate crises.   Bringing a child into the world should be a moment of joy and hope. Yet, for many women living in crisis regions, this experience is overshadowed by fear and uncertainty. Every two m…

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  Ukraine Alert · [email protected]

October 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM

URGENT: essential aid lost

We urge you to make a gift today to help us replenish these lost supplies in Ukraine and where they’re needed most.   Last week, in the Kherson region of Ukraine, an attack on a humanitarian convoy caused the loss of nearly 800 hygiene kits and personal items meant for women, girls,…

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  Humanitarian Response Team @ USA FOR UNFPA · [email protected]

October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM

Will you sign the card?

Our work isn’t possible without expert midwives, doctors, counselors, and community workers on the ground.   SIGN THE CARD: Global funding cuts for UNFPA’s lifesaving work have put pressure on healthcare workers across the globe to do more with less — even in the world’s mo…

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  Gaza Update · [email protected]

October 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM

As the ceasefire holds, aid is moving in

  Women and girls in Gaza need your help now. As a fragile ceasefire holds, UNFPA teams are scaling up our humanitarian response. Pregnant women and new mothers are giving birth without the midwives, clean facilities, or supplies they desperately need, and girls are at acute risk o…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM

Women and girls is crisis are last in line for relief

Your support is a beacon of hope, dignity, and relief in unimaginable humanitarian crises.   In the aftermath of devastating earthquakes in both Afghanistan and Myanmar, the resilience of women and girls is being tested like never before. Their lives have been upended, with familie…

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  Sudan Alert · [email protected]

October 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM

Urgent: Dignity Kits needed in Sudan

Periods do not stop while navigating life-threatening emergencies.   Periods do not conveniently stop while navigating the life-threatening dangers of emergencies — like in Sudan, where devastating violence, famine, and now new, deadly floods have driven nearly 10 million people fro…

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  GAZA ALERT @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM

Quickly scaling up aid in Gaza

We are urgently scaling up our response now that humanitarian aid is moving into Gaza.   ALERT: CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCED We are urgently scaling up our response now that humanitarian aid is moving into Gaza. Please will you rush an emergency gift to deliver lifesaving care to w…

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  Gaza Ceasefire · [email protected]

October 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Gaza Ceasefire: help deliver humanitarian aid

  GAZA UPDATE: A new ceasefire agreement has been reached and thousands of displaced Palestinians are returning home. This is a crucial opportunity to deliver sustained humanitarian aid to those suffering in nightmare conditions. We must scale up rapidly to reach those in …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Honoring the wisdom of Indigenous midwives

  “Thanks to family planning, my husband and I were able to space the births of our children. That allowed me to complete my second degree." Mariel is a midwife and a member of the Western Guaraní community, one of 19 Indigenous peoples in Paraguay. She travels by motorcycle across…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM

“I cried when my dad told me to get married.”

  “I cried when my dad told me to get married,” said Alice. She is a teenage girl and refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo living in Uganda who spoke with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff. “But when the food aid got cut off, he said I had to marry.” Every 3 seco…

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  Haiti Crisis · [email protected]

October 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM

“We are at a point of no return.”

  The situation in Haiti has reached a breaking point and women and girls are bearing the brunt of ongoing hunger, displacement, and gang violence. The horrors and devastation that they endure daily demands urgent action and compassion from each of us. In the words of a UNFPA sta…

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  Gaza Update @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

October 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM

Two years.

  TWO YEARS OF CONFLICT IN GAZA: RUSH AN EMERGENCY GIFT TO PROVIDE LIFESAVING CARE TODAY RUSH MY GIFT “The situation is catastrophic. Our emergency ward now receives more than 1,000 children every day. In the past 24 hours alone, 13 children have died here, including 10 s…

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  Sudan Emergency · [email protected]

October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Famine in North Darfur

At best, people are surviving on a single meal each day and famine looms for many families.   In northern Sudan, the lives of women and girls are at the heart of a deepening humanitarian crisis. Hospitals in Sudan’s capital, Al Fasher, lie in ruins, and most health facilities have …

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  Midwives in Somalia · [email protected]

October 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM

“I had no choice but to use a razor…to save the mother and child.”

"I found a young mother in critical condition with her first pregnancy at the camp. I didn't have a full delivery kit…”   Midwives on the frontlines of the world’s most dangerous conflicts remain resilient and determined to help women and girls access critical care. In Somalia, they…

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  Ukraine Crisis · [email protected]

October 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM

We cannot look away from this crisis

Since the war began, 1.8 million women and girls in Ukraine have been displaced from their homes.   Content Warning: The following mentions sexual violence. In the time since the war in Ukraine began, 1.8 million women and girls have been displaced from their homes. Many are exposed…

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  Yemen Crisis Alert · [email protected]

October 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM

60% of UNFPA funds for Yemen terminated

  In Yemen, where a woman dies every two hours from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes, midwives and local hospitals are lifelines. But recent humanitarian funding cuts have put essential care out of reach — with deadly consequences for women, girls, mothers, and babies. UNFP…

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  Gaza Emergency · [email protected]

October 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM

The Gaza conflict is rapidly escalating

Women and girls fear being out on the streets — unable to find supplies and healthcare.   “Gaza City Exodus Is Overwhelming Relief Efforts, Aid Agencies Say” Oct. 1, 2025 You might have heard, as the conflict in Gaza reaches new extremes, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM

Menstruation doesn’t stop when crisis strikes

UNFPA Dignity Kits are crucial for maintaining hygiene, health, and dignity in the most dire of circumstances.   From Gaza, Haiti, South Sudan, Myanmar, and beyond, women and girls face an often overlooked burden: managing their periods as they endure unimaginable hardship that str…

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  Palestine’s UNFPA Safe Spaces · [email protected]

September 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM

This UNFPA mobile safe space is a lifeline for women and girls in rural Palestine

Mobile teams are bringing care and hope to women and girls in rural Palestine — you can help keep them on the road.   Amidst the challenges and uncertainties faced by many Palestinian families enduring ongoing conflict and displacement, hope has found a new form. With gifts from sup…

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  USA for UNFPA in Chad · [email protected]

September 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Funding gaps threaten care for pregnant refugees in Chad

Pregnant women’s fundamental right to health is at risk in Chad   In Eastern Chad, pregnant refugees are being hit hard by the humanitarian funding crisis. Health centers across the region have been forced to cut their staff, despite a growing population of displaced families.  “Th…

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  World Contraception Day @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM

Help women pursue their dreams

In Kenya women are losing access to discreet contraception — your gift today delivers supplies and saves lives.   Today, on World Contraception Day, we’re sharing stories that highlight the harsh reality many women and girls in Kenya endure daily and hope you choose to provide them …

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  Gaza Update · [email protected]

September 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM

The need for aid is greater than ever in Gaza

After nearly two years of war, the entire region has been devastated.   Conditions in Gaza are worsening by the day.  Through the nearly two years of conflict, midwives, psychosocial support workers, doctors, and mobile health clinics have remained committed to showing up for the w…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM

NEWS: Impact of U.S. funding cuts on maternal deaths in Afghanistan

  Women and girls in Afghanistan are struggling in the wake of a tragic earthquake.  With limited access to sanitation, food, hygiene, and shelter supplies, the conditions they’re facing threaten their health and their lives.  UNFPA urgently seeks donations to support cri…

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  Dignity Kits @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM

Your gift is priceless to women and girls who have lost everything

This is the final day to meet our summer goal and we need a few more gifts to reach it.   In Gaza, the healthcare system is failing. Families are struggling to access vital resources and basic necessities. To uphold the dignity and health of women and girls in these conditions, we s…

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  Ukraine @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM

Recent attacks in Ukraine has resulted in devastating losses

Help us be there for women and girls, no matter what.   Ukraine, those impacted by the war and the aid workers committed to helping them are under siege. Recent attacks on Kyiv and the Chernihiv Region have resulted in devastating losses. The need for your support has never…

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