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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  GAZA ALERT @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Breaking news out of Gaza

  ALERT: Breaking news out of Gaza: Thousands of women, girls, and families are fleeing Gaza City in terror as the ground offensive intensifies. Will you rush a gift now to deliver emergency care in Gaza and wherever help is needed most? RUSH AN EMERGENCY GIFT …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM

Inside: Afghanistan UNFPA Update

  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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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM

Periods do not stop in conflict

We have only 5 days left to provide as many kits as possible to women and girls in countries where they’re needed most.   Earlier this summer, USA for UNFPA — the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency — set an ambitious goal to mobilize enough support to provide 2,50…

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  USA for UNFPA in South Sudan · [email protected]

September 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM

“My partner’s family always reminded me about the cows they gave to my family. That was the price of my silence.”

Content warning: This email discusses violence and harmful practices against women and girls.   Content warning: This email discusses violence and harmful practices against women and girls. “I was beaten and left to die,” said Fatuma, a child bride who sought safety at a shelter af…

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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM

“Does the world not hear us?”

A small effort can be a lifeline to survivors.   “The pain and loss were overwhelming, but I continued to work, providing psychological support to women to ease their suffering. As a working woman, I face the added burden of trying to balance the demands of my family with m…

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  Afghanistan Update · [email protected]

September 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM

“Women and children in particular are extremely traumatized.”

Salma survived an earthquake — thousands of women and girls still need lifesaving care.   When 15-year-old Salma* bid farewell to her family to visit her grandmother, she never imagined it would be their last moment together.  On August 31, a devastating earthquake struck eastern A…

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  Sudan Crisis · [email protected]

September 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Help restore hope and rebuild lives

The devastation in Khartoum is extensive, and women are bearing the brunt.   When conflict erupted in Sudan in April 2023, it unleashed extensive violence across the country and through the capital, Khartoum. In the aftermath, most of the hospitals are non-operational, severely lac…

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  Jacob Geers, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM

Will you send a letter to your representative?

The $377 million U.S. cut to UNFPA funding this year is costing lives.   The $377 million U.S. cut to UNFPA funding this year is costing lives. Women and girls across the globe — including pregnant women, mothers, and young girls — face higher risks of maternal death and unintended …

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  Hunger Crisis Response @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM

You can provide access to vital nutrition, supplies, medicines, and healthcare

  Last year, 300 million people across 53 countries suffered from either acute hunger or famine. And this crisis is only getting worse. 2025 is the sixth consecutive year in which conflict, forced displacement, and climate extremes have caused global hunger to rise. Hunger affects…

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  Earthquake Update @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Women are waiting for rescuers who may never come

There have now been three earthquakes in Afghanistan this week.   URGENT: Women Are Dying in Afghanistan's Earthquake Zone RUSH A LIFESAVING GIFT NOW We have an alarming update for you on the earthquake emergency unfolding in Afghanistan. There have now been …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

September 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM

Periods do not stop in conflict

  With multiple humanitarian crises unfolding worldwide, choosing where to make a difference can feel overwhelming. That’s why we, USA for UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, are inviting you to join a program that has a profound impact on women and gi…

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  Afghanistan Earthquake · [email protected]

September 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM

6.0 magnitude earthquake kills 1,400+

Women and girls need emergency healthcare.     ALERT: A powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake kills 1,400+ in Afghanistan As the death toll continues to climb, so does the number of women and girls requiring emergency healthcare. RUSH AN EMERGENCY GIFT Late Sund…

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  Gaza Youth · [email protected]

August 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM

The resilience of Gaza’s youth

Bring hope for the future to youth in Gaza today:   Youth in Gaza are facing overwhelming uncertainty, danger, pain, loss, hunger, and even death — as their dreams for the future disappear. Young girls bear heavy burdens in humanitarian crises. Not only are they denied an education …

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  Ukraine Emergency · [email protected]

August 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM

“It was pure horror”

What it’s like to give birth in a bomb shelter   Right now women, girls, and UNFPA’s frontline health workers in Ukraine are facing urgent shortages of basic necessities, menstrual hygiene and maternal health supplies, safe spaces for survivors, and medical care. They need immediate…

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  Sudan Crisis @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

August 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM

“Like moving from one grave to another”

UNFPA-supported mobile health teams provide reproductive health services for women and girls in Sudan.   Amidst the chaos of shelling and gunfire, Esraa, a young mother in Sudan, held her newborn son close. When conflict erupted over two years ago, she desperately tried to reach a …

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  Famine Update @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

August 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM

“My children and I are suffering.”

The impact will be felt for decades   “Every day we wake up with hope that maybe tomorrow there will be a solution. That things will get better,” Inas, a mother of three, shared with us from her tent in Gaza. “But sadly, things are only getting worse.” Just a few days ago, the hung…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

August 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM

134,000+ Dignity Kits and counting

$15 Dignity Kit: Priceless to recipients   For nearly two years, people in Gaza have lived each day in terror and grief. The health system is in a state of total collapse and basic necessities such as fuel, water, and food are nearly impossible to obtain. With the unyielding violenc…

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  GAZA ALERT @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

August 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM

Breaking: Famine officially declared in Gaza.

Women and girls are eating last and least.   ALERT: United Nations-backed experts have officially declared famine in Gaza. Pregnant women, new mothers, and newborns are among those most at risk. RUSH AN EMERGENCY GIFT A mother holds her baby in Gaza. We’ve …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

August 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM

Surging hunger in Afghanistan

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

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  Dr. Ambereen Sleemi @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

August 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM

I just got back from Gaza.

  Hi, I just got back to the U.S. after spending a harrowing three and a half weeks at Nasser Hospital in Gaza providing care to Palestinians. My name is Dr. Ambereen Sleemi. I’m a New York-based urogynecologist and surgeon and a proud member of USA for UNFPA’s Leadership Council. …

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

August 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Help women and girls plan for their future

  Latin America and the Caribbean have the second highest rate of teenage pregnancy in the world.  However, teenage pregnancy is almost never the result of a free and informed decision. Many adolescents lack the information, support, or services necessary to make informed decisions…

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  Gaza: Frontline Heroes · [email protected]

August 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM

Providing trauma support in the dark, with no medicine and no food

Health workers in Gaza save lives under siege.   In Gaza, midwives, counselors, and doctors continue to endure the violence and unlivable conditions to provide lifesaving services and dignity to women and girls. As they bravely save lives under siege, they do not ask for medals — t…

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  Chad Refugees · [email protected]

August 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM

“There are too many women and not enough midwives”

Essential sexual and reproductive health care that so many women and girls rely on is in immediate jeopardy.   At a health center in the Farchana camp in Chad, Amina had to spend the better part of the day traveling to and waiting for a prenatal consultation. She arrived early in t…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

August 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM

Women are not to blame for the global population decline

Why young people are struggling to build the families they want.   Across the world, alarm bells are ringing about falling birth rates and fears of population collapse. But the real story isn’t about numbers — it’s about choice and a lack of sexual and reproductive health education…

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  Newborns in Somalia · [email protected]

August 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM

Tiny, underweight and barely breathing: Her daughter barely survived

“Every time I hear her breathing, I know she’s here because someone cared enough to help us.”   “I didn’t know if she would make it.” Those were the words of Faduma as she watched her newborn premature daughter who was tiny, underweight, and barely breathing struggle for life at Ba…

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  USA for UNFPA in Gaza · [email protected]

August 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM

In Gaza, case workers provide care through their own displacement

80% of health facilities are running out of fuel in Gaza   As the situation in Gaza deteriorates, famine, violence, and fuel shortages threaten the lives of women and girls and where almost all that have been displaced are sleeping in the open, with no means of protection  Some 80%…

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  Bangladesh Emergency · [email protected]

August 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM

When the water rises: How women are adapting to a changing climate in Bangladesh

  As floodwaters rise in north-eastern Bangladesh, so do the overwhelming obstacles to getting lifesaving care to women and girls.  In climate-vulnerable areas, floods threaten 670,000 women’s access to sexual and reproductive health care. Adapting to climate disasters is not a cho…

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  Gaza Alert: Menstrual health · [email protected]

August 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM

Month after month in a shelter, with no sanitary pads, no privacy, and no clean water

  So many women and girls in Gaza and the West Bank are living the harsh reality of facing their period month after month in a shelter, with no sanitary pads, no privacy, and no clean water — putting them at extreme risk of infection and death, loss of dignity, and violence. “Repea…

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  USA for UNFPA in Afghanistan · [email protected]

August 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM

Rahila’s first traumatic childbirth left her unable to conceive again

Maternity services have vanished in many rural areas.   The U.S. government has recently claimed that no one has died due to the termination of USAID funding, yet we know that this loss has already devastated the lives of millions, including women, girls, newborns, and families in r…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

August 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM

The day a woman gives birth is the day she is most likely to die.

  Every day, approximately 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth — that’s one woman every two minutes. For every woman who dies, 20 to 30 more suffer childbirth injuries, infections, or disabilities. Most of these are entirely preventable. In 20…

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  Ukraine Update · [email protected]

August 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM

The situation in Ukraine is dire

  Each day, the tragedy in Ukraine deepens, and with no end in sight to the escalating conflict, women and girls continue to bear the brunt of the multiple humanitarian crises. UNFPA and our partners are on the ground, providing lifesaving care and hope. But we cannot only aid wome…

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  Gaza @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM

Urgent: Dire birth outcomes for pregnant women and their babies

We cannot address these life-threatening conditions without the full-scale response this crisis demands.   We are sounding the alarm: The profound crisis in Gaza is leading to dire birth outcomes for pregnant women and their babies. Thousands are on the brink of famine, and without…

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  ⚠️ GAZA ALERT @ USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM

An entire generation at risk

  ALERT: Half a million people face famine. 155,000 pregnant women are too weak to breastfeed. Babies are dying within 24 hours of birth. RUSH MY LIFESAVING GIFT   A girl holds an empty pot while waiting for food. UNFPA Palestine The suffering in Gaza is r…

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  Dignity Kits via UNFPA · [email protected]

July 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Help us bring hope and 2,500 Dignity Kits to Gaza

Please help us deliver →   This summer, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, set a goal to mobilize enough support to provide 2,500 Dignity Kits to women and girls in Gaza and where they’re needed most. We’re happy to report that, thanks to supporters’ g…

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  Myanmar Alert · [email protected]

July 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM

“Such thoughtful support reminded us that we’re not alone”

Survivors deserve dignity and hope. Help us deliver, no matter what.   It’s only been four months since the devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar, leaving a trail of destruction and profoundly impacting countless lives. While headlines have faded, the journey to recove…

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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]

July 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM

The most basic rights of women and girls are vanishing

  Across the Arab States region, women, mothers, girls, newborns, and families are facing overwhelming challenges amid multiple humanitarian crises. From Lebanon to Gaza to Syria, the most basic rights of women and girls are vanishing. Drastic funding cuts to humanitarian aid have…

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