You are here

News

28 April 2020
Press Release

New UNFPA projections predict calamitous impact on women’s health as COVID-19 pandemic continues

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the number of women unable to access family planning, facing unintended pregnancies, gender-based violence and... Read more

16 April 2020
News
UN in Iraq raises the alarm: Time to endorse the anti-domestic violence law

UN in Iraq raises the alarm: Time to endorse the anti-domestic violence law

Baghdad, Iraq; 16 April 2020 - The UN in Iraq urges the Iraqi Parliament to speed up the endorsement of the Anti-Domestic Violence Law amid alarming reports of a rise in gender-based and domestic... Read more

9 April 2020
Statement
© UNFPA Iraq/2018/Seivan Salim

Open letter from the Regional Directors of UNDP, UNWOMEN, UNFPA and ESCWA in the Arab States Region to Governments in the region

At the beginning of this week, the United Nations Secretary-General issued an appeal to stop violence everywhere including violence in the home. As Directors of the four United Nations Agencies who... Read more

7 April 2020
Statement

Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic

On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to everything we do at UNFPA, the... Read more

1 April 2020
News
A woman in Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq/Seivan Salim

Former child bride, once sold to pay debts, finds a new start

Intisar* was only 15 years old when her parents forced her into a marriage. She described it as an act of commerce: They sold her to another family... Read more

29 March 2020
News
A woman at the Japanese-supported primary health clinic for a health consultation © 2019/UNFPA Iraq/Sofia Nitti

UNFPA Welcomes Japanese Support for Women and Girls in Iraq

The Government of Japan contributed US$ 1.3 million towards UNFPA interventions for integrated lifesaving reproductive health and gender-based... Read more

26 March 2020
News
Women health workers continue to provide much needed services to women and girls across Iraq. © 2020/ photo by UIMS

Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem

8 March 2020
Statement

2020, a pivotal year for gender equality (IWD 2020)

On the occasion of this International Women’s Day, IOM, UNESCO, UNFPA, UN Habitat, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNMAS, UNOPS, UN Women, UNDP, and WFP want to renew... Read more

6 March 2020
Statement

I am Generation Equality: Working together to achieve a gender-equal world

This International Women's Day, we celebrate the icons who blazed the trail towards gender equality. We now look to today’s generation of... Read more

6 March 2020
Statement

UNFPA statement on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and pregnancy

UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, is closely monitoring and working with partners, governments and UN agencies to address the... Read more

Pages