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CATASTROPHE IN YEMEN: As COVID-19 rages, UNFPA provides care despite funding shortfalls
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CATASTROPHE IN YEMEN: As COVID-19 rages, UNFPA provides care despite funding shortfalls
Earlier this year, Mariam, a pregnant mother of four, had been receiving free prenatal care at Bani Shamakh, a UNFPA-supported facility in Yemen. When she arrived one day in May, bleeding heavily, maternal health services were no longer available. Mariam…
USA for UNFPA notes with great sadness the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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USA for UNFPA notes with great sadness the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Justice Ginsburg’s career-spanning positions against discrimination and her championing of gender equality and women’s rights resonate deeply with USA for UNFPA’s vision and values. Like Justice Ginsburg, we passionately believe in a world where each and every person can live a life of their own…
The Rohingya Refugee Update: Three Years On
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The Rohingya Refugee Update: Three Years On
10 September 2020 COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – The 25th of August marked a tragic anniversary: three years since the mass influx of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh from neighboring Myanmar. UNFPA continues to care for the Rohingya and…
UN Reports Expect Increases in Extreme Poverty for Women and Child Death as a Result of COVID-19
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UN Reports Expect Increases in Extreme Poverty for Women and Child Death as a Result of COVID-19
UN reports released this month point to troubling outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic for women’s and children’s health and well-being.   The pandemic and its consequences are likely to push 47 million more women into poverty. Poverty as a whole will…

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