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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
April 9, 2024 at 9:51 PM

Before Ramadan ends

Will you make one final gift before Ramadan ends?   Eid al-Fitr celebrations marking the end of the month of Ramadan will soon be upon us. While millions of Muslims around the world honored their faith by fasting from sunup to sundown over the past month, we must not stop thinking a…
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  Humanitarian Update · [email protected]
April 7, 2024 at 3:31 PM

6 months of conflict in Gaza

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is an absolute catastrophe.   6 months ago, terrorist attacks in Israel escalated a conflict that has now resulted in a humanitarian disaster for the people of Gaza. The suffering must end and peace must prevail. We condemn the violence in Gaza, the W…
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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
April 7, 2024 at 3:30 PM

6 months of conflict in Gaza

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is an absolute catastrophe.   6 months ago, terrorist attacks in Israel escalated a conflict that has now resulted in a humanitarian disaster for the people of Gaza. The suffering must end and peace must prevail. We condemn the violence in Gaza, the W…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
April 5, 2024 at 9:02 PM

The holiest night of the year

Your Sadaqah (gift) will deliver a world of difference to women and girls in Gaza.   In the Islamic tradition, tonight is the holiest night of the year: Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Power. Observing the Night of Power includes giving Sadaqah (voluntary charity). Tonight, Sadaqah …
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
April 5, 2024 at 9:02 PM

The holiest night of the year

Your Sadaqah (gift) will deliver a world of difference to women and girls in Gaza.   In the Islamic tradition, tonight is the holiest night of the year: Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Power. Observing the Night of Power includes giving Sadaqah (voluntary charity). Tonight, Sadaqah …
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  Gaza Alert · [email protected]
April 3, 2024 at 9:32 PM

Every day has become a fight for survival for pregnant women and newborns

Hunger and malnutrition have spread through Gaza at frightening speed.   The threat of famine is looming over Gaza, with some relief organizations reporting that a famine could be declared “within weeks.” Hunger and malnutrition have spread through Gaza at frightening speed — causi…
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  Gaza Alert · [email protected]
April 3, 2024 at 9:32 PM

Every day has become a fight for survival for pregnant women and newborns

Hunger and malnutrition have spread through Gaza at frightening speed.   The threat of famine is looming over Gaza, with some relief organizations reporting that a famine could be declared “within weeks.” Hunger and malnutrition have spread through Gaza at frightening speed — causi…
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  Humanitarian Update · [email protected]
April 2, 2024 at 11:31 PM

Basic hygiene supplies have become out of reach for women and girls in Gaza

Since the conflict began, UNFPA has distributed more than 7,000 Dignity Kits.   For the past five months, 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 impossib…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
April 2, 2024 at 11:31 PM

Basic hygiene supplies have become out of reach for women and girls in Gaza

Since the conflict began, UNFPA has distributed more than 7,000 Dignity Kits.   For the past five months, 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 impossib…
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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 30, 2024 at 10:30 PM

Ramadan

Look no further than Gaza.   We are weeks into the holy month of Ramadan, a time in which millions of Muslims around the world will honor their religious faith by fasting during daylight hours. But what does Ramadan look like in a warzone? When people are forced to go hungry simply …
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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 30, 2024 at 10:30 PM

What does Ramadan look like in a warzone?

Look no further than Gaza.   We are weeks into the holy month of Ramadan, a time in which millions of Muslims around the world will honor their religious faith by fasting during daylight hours. But what does Ramadan look like in a warzone? When people are forced to go hungry simply …
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  Humanitarian Update · [email protected]
March 28, 2024 at 2:31 PM

Women in Gaza have to give birth on the floor

These pregnant women need help.   The situation in Gaza is getting significantly worse. Dominic Allen, UNFPA representative to Palestine, recently visited a hospital in Rafah. What he saw was an undeniable catastrophe. MAKE AN EMERGENCY GIFT “When I spoke to a midwife, she to…
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  Jacob Geers, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 28, 2024 at 2:30 PM

Women in Gaza have to give birth on the floor

These pregnant women need help.   The situation in Gaza is getting significantly worse. Dominic Allen, UNFPA representative to Palestine, recently visited a hospital in Rafah. What he saw was an undeniable catastrophe. MAKE AN EMERGENCY GIFT “When I spoke to a midwife, she to…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 26, 2024 at 5:57 PM

260k women dying every year from pregnancy and childbirth complications

UNFPA is a global leader in the fight to empower women to plan their pregnancies.   Did you know that half of all pregnancies around the world are unintended? But, right now, 218 million women around the world who want to avoid pregnancy are unable to access modern and effective con…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 26, 2024 at 4:55 PM

One-third of preventable maternal deaths could be eliminated by providing access to family planning

UNFPA is a global leader in the fight to empower women to plan their pregnancies.   Did you know that half of all pregnancies around the world are unintended? But, right now, 218 million women around the world who want to avoid pregnancy are unable to access modern and effective con…
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  Gaza Update · [email protected]
March 24, 2024 at 3:31 PM

“One case after another. It’s miserable.”

Hear from a midwife delivering babies in Rafah:   Conditions in Gaza are catastrophic for everyone as the entire population struggles to access food, water, and basic services. Pregnant women are facing a particular nightmare with the health care system in total collapse. Here’s the…
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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 24, 2024 at 3:31 PM

“One case after another. It’s miserable.”

Hear from a midwife delivering babies in Rafah:   Conditions in Gaza are catastrophic for everyone as the entire population struggles to access food, water, and basic services. Pregnant women are facing a particular nightmare with the health care system in total collapse. Here’s the…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 22, 2024 at 4:32 PM

How one mother in Senegal is thriving after obstetric fistula

Half a million women and girls around the world are estimated to be living with fistula.   “After giving birth, I developed a fistula and my life was turned upside down,” said Khady at her home in Senegal. Obstetric fistula is a tear to the birth canal, bladder, or rectum that cause…
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  Gaza Update · [email protected]
March 20, 2024 at 2:29 PM

Children don’t “even have the energy to cry”

1.1 million people are at risk of the most severe levels of hunger.   The UN warns that famine is imminent in Gaza. More than 1.1 million people are at risk of the most severe levels of hunger if conditions do not change and more aid does not arrive. Virtually everyone in Gaza is h…
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  Gaza Update · [email protected]
March 20, 2024 at 2:29 PM

Virtually everyone in Gaza is hungry

1.1 million people are at risk of the most severe levels of hunger.   The UN warns that famine is imminent in Gaza. More than 1.1 million people are at risk of the most severe levels of hunger if conditions do not change and more aid does not arrive. Virtually everyone in Gaza is h…
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  Humanitarian Alert · [email protected]
March 18, 2024 at 9:58 PM

There are no more ‘normal-sized babies’ in Gaza

A nightmare which is much more than a humanitarian crisis.   UN: No more ‘normal-sized babies’ in Gaza Will you make a gift to deliver lifesaving care to pregnant women, newborns, and all those impacted by war in Gaza and around the world? MAKE A GIFT The hu…
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  Gaza Alert · [email protected]
March 18, 2024 at 9:58 PM

There are no more ‘normal-sized babies’ in Gaza

A nightmare which is much more than a humanitarian crisis.   UN: No more ‘normal-sized babies’ in Gaza Will you make a gift to deliver lifesaving care to pregnant women, newborns, and all those impacted by war in Gaza and around the world? MAKE A GIFT The h…
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  Dana Kirkegaard, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 16, 2024 at 4:31 PM

Basic hygiene supplies have become out of reach for women and girls in Gaza

Since the conflict began, UNFPA has distributed more than 7,000 Dignity Kits.   For the past five months, 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 impossib…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM

Basic hygiene supplies have become out of reach for women and girls in Gaza

Since the conflict began, UNFPA has distributed more than 7,000 Dignity Kits.   For the past five months, 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 impossib…
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  Jacob Geers, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 14, 2024 at 10:01 PM

The world’s largest hunger crisis

Sudan has the largest number of displaced people in the world, including the world’s biggest child displacement crisis.   Muslims around the globe are celebrating the holy month of Ramadan. Even those experiencing humanitarian crisis, natural disaster, or war. Like in Sudan, where 1…
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  Sudan Update · [email protected]
March 14, 2024 at 10:01 PM

The world’s largest hunger crisis

Sudan has the largest number of displaced people in the world, including the world’s biggest child displacement crisis.   Muslims around the globe are celebrating the holy month of Ramadan. Even those experiencing humanitarian crisis, natural disaster, or war. Like in Sudan, where 1…
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  Humanitarian Update · [email protected]
March 12, 2024 at 3:17 PM

Absolute catastrophe

Learn about UNFPA’s recent mission to Gaza:   Dominic Allen, UNFPA representative to Palestine, recently participated in a mission to the few remaining hospitals in Gaza City. What he saw was an absolute catastrophe. “We drive through the streets, you see hunger, you see desperatio…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 12, 2024 at 3:17 PM

Absolute catastrophe

Learn about UNFPA’s recent mission to Gaza:   Dominic Allen, UNFPA representative to Palestine, recently participated in a mission to the few remaining hospitals in Gaza City. What he saw was an absolute catastrophe. “We drive through the streets, you see hunger, you see desperatio…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 11, 2024 at 12:31 AM

Ramadan in Gaza

2.2 million people in Gaza are on the brink of famine.   Beginning tonight after sunset, Muslim populations around the world will celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. Even in places like Gaza — where ongoing conflict has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. 2.2 million peop…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 10, 2024 at 11:30 PM

The first night of Ramadan

2.2 million people in Gaza are on the brink of famine.   Beginning tonight after sunset, Muslim populations around the world will celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. Even in places like Gaza — where ongoing conflict has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. 2.2 million peop…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 8, 2024 at 4:32 PM

Thank you for being there for women and girls

Today is International Women’s Day.   USA for UNFPA is operating in the world’s most dangerous regions to be a woman or girl. For example: In Gaza, where everyone is hungry and malnutrition makes 50,000 pregnant women more susceptible to disease and less able to recover. In Ukraine…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Thank you for being there for women and girls

Today is International Women’s Day.   USA for UNFPA is operating in the world’s most dangerous regions to be a woman or girl. For example: In Gaza, where everyone is hungry and malnutrition makes 50,000 pregnant women more susceptible to disease and less able to recover. In Ukraine…
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  Humanitarian Alert · [email protected]
March 6, 2024 at 4:04 PM

Conflict in Rafah will make it even harder to meet the needs of a starving and suffering population

1.4 million people sheltering in Rafah are at risk.   Here’s the latest from Gaza: Intensified conflict has reached Rafah, one of the most densely populated areas in the world. 1.4 million people sheltering there are at risk. The city has exploded with tent settlements as Gazans h…
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  Humanitarian Alert · [email protected]
March 6, 2024 at 4:04 PM

Conflict in Rafah will make it even harder to meet the needs of a starving and suffering population

1.4 million people sheltering in Rafah are at risk.   Here’s the latest from Gaza: Intensified conflict has reached Rafah, one of the most densely populated areas in the world. 1.4 million people sheltering there are at risk. The city has exploded with tent settlements as Gazans h…
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  Ukraine Update · [email protected]
March 4, 2024 at 4:41 PM

"Even during the harshest frost, aid to patients doesn't stop”

Neither air alarms nor frigid winter temperatures hinder our medical experts in Ukraine.   More than two years since war began in Ukraine, women and girls are still suffering. Childbirth is extremely dangerous with access to basic health care extremely limited. Levels of violence ag…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
March 4, 2024 at 4:40 PM

"Even during the harshest frost, aid to patients doesn't stop”

Neither air alarms nor frigid winter temperatures hinder our medical experts in Ukraine.   More than two years since war began in Ukraine, women and girls are still suffering. Childbirth is extremely dangerous with access to basic health care extremely limited. Levels of violence ag…
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  Gaza Update · [email protected]
March 2, 2024 at 5:31 PM

Horror. Unbelievable terror.

The crisis in Gaza is especially dire for pregnant women.   “Horror. Unbelievable terror.” These are the words that Suhad, a 36-year-old pregnant woman, used to describe the living conditions in Gaza. Suhad has been displaced by the ongoing war in Gaza and is now staying in a tent …
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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
February 28, 2024 at 4:31 PM

What a difference your gifts have made

Your gifts make a world of difference for women and girls. February was a month full of sober anniversaries concerning UNFPA’s work to deliver lifesaving care to women and girls around the globe. On February 6th, we marked one year since the first of a string of devastating earthquakes and aftersh…
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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
February 28, 2024 at 3:30 PM

What a difference your gifts have made

Your gifts make a world of difference for women and girls. February was a month full of sober anniversaries concerning UNFPA’s work to deliver lifesaving care to women and girls around the globe. On February 6th, we marked one year since the first of a string of devastating earthquakes and aftersh…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
February 27, 2024 at 12:11 AM

2.2 million people in Gaza are on the brink of famine

The alarming lack of food, surging malnutrition, and disease could lead to an "explosion" in child deaths in Gaza.   The United Nations warned that 2.2 million people in Gaza are on the brink of famine. It estimated that one in six children aged under two in Gaza are acutely malnour…
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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
February 27, 2024 at 12:10 AM

2.2 million people in Gaza are on the brink of famine

The alarming lack of food, surging malnutrition, and disease could lead to an "explosion" in child deaths in Gaza.   The United Nations warned that 2.2 million people in Gaza are on the brink of famine. It estimated that one in six children aged under two in Gaza are acutely malnour…
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  Ukraine Update · [email protected]
February 24, 2024 at 4:51 PM

Two years of war in Ukraine

Women and girls are still suffering as war in Ukraine passes the two year mark.   On February 24, 2022, the invasion of Ukraine began. Women and girls are still suffering as war in Ukraine passes the two year mark. Thousands have been killed. War has exacerbated the risks of violenc…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
February 22, 2024 at 5:31 PM

“I insisted that my son was going to be born no matter what”

Hundreds of pregnant refugees are giving birth amid turmoil in Armenia.   More than 100,000 people have crossed into Armenia since hostilities reignited last year in Karabakh, the region at the heart of a decades-long territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Among the re…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
February 22, 2024 at 4:30 PM

Marta’s story

Hundreds of pregnant refugees are giving birth amid turmoil in Armenia.   More than 100,000 people have crossed into Armenia since hostilities reignited last year in Karabakh, the region at the heart of a decades-long territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Among the re…
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  Anu Surendran, USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
February 20, 2024 at 5:27 PM

WSJ: Women in Gaza Give Birth in Tents and Public Bathrooms

Childbirth can be a death sentence for mothers and newborns in Gaza.   Pregnant women in Gaza are being forced to give birth in extremely dire circumstances. DELIVER LIFESAVING CARE With only 16 out of Gaza’s 36 hospitals functional right now, pregnant women in Gaza are at hi…
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  Humanitarian Update · [email protected]
February 20, 2024 at 3:26 PM

WSJ: Women in Gaza Give Birth in Tents and Public Bathrooms

Childbirth can be a death sentence for mothers and newborns in Gaza.   Pregnant women in Gaza are being forced to give birth in extremely dire circumstances. DELIVER LIFESAVING CARE With only 16 out of Gaza’s 36 hospitals functional right now, pregnant women in Gaza are at hi…
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  Sudan Alert · [email protected]
February 18, 2024 at 6:22 PM

Women and girls are being abducted in Sudan

Sudan is home to the world’s biggest displacement crisis.   Sudan: Women and girls abducted, held ‘in slave-like conditions’ in Darfur — United Nations Sudan is home to the world’s biggest displacement crisis right now, with women and girls caught in the crosshairs of ongoi…
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  Sudan Alert · [email protected]
February 18, 2024 at 6:22 PM

Women and girls are being abducted in Sudan

Sudan is home to the world’s biggest displacement crisis.   Sudan: Women and girls abducted, held ‘in slave-like conditions’ in Darfur — United Nations Sudan is home to the world’s biggest displacement crisis right now, with women and girls caught in the crosshairs of ongoi…
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  USA for UNFPA · [email protected]
February 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM

“Everyone in Gaza is hungry”

1.7 million people have been displaced and the humanitarian system is collapsing.   "Everyone in Gaza is hungry. 1.7 million people have been displaced. The humanitarian system is collapsing. I call for rapid, safe, unhindered, expanded, sustained humanitarian access throug…
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  Humanitarian Alert · [email protected]
February 16, 2024 at 3:01 PM

“Everyone in Gaza is hungry”

1.7 million people have been displaced and the humanitarian system is collapsing.   "Everyone in Gaza is hungry. 1.7 million people have been displaced. The humanitarian system is collapsing. I call for rapid, safe, unhindered, expanded, sustained humanitarian access throug…
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