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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…
USA for UNFPA 2019 Annual Report
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USA for UNFPA 2019 Annual Report
Read the USA for UNFPA 2019 Annual Report! In 2019, few of us knew the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic would change the world we live in.  At home, over 200,000 Americans -disproportionately Black and Brown- have died from the virus, wearing a mask…
Dr. Natalia Kanem on UNFPA and COVID-19
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Dr. Natalia Kanem on UNFPA and COVID-19
Women’s reproductive health and rights must be safeguarded. Services must continue, supplies must be delivered, and the vulnerable must be protected and supported. -UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem The COVID-19 crisis and UNFPA’s response was the topic of Dr. Kanem’s…
In Lebanon, mobile health clinics deployed as Beirut recuperates from the explosion
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In Lebanon, mobile health clinics deployed as Beirut recuperates from the explosion
25 August 2020 BEIRUT, Lebanon – Weeks after a horrific explosion devastated the Lebanese capital, Beirut, scenes of collective action replace views of smouldering wreckage. Health care, food, water, and home repairs provided by community members and partner organizations have changed the…

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