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UNFPA and the Government of Sweden (SIDA) provide emergency humanitarian aid to women and girls inside and displaced from Hawija
Baghdad, Iraq, 5 October 2017 – As the military operations to retake Hawija continue, more than 30,000 people have been displaced since September 21st. Of those, 12,500 have returned. To meet the... Read more
UNFPA and the Government of Japan upscale humanitarian response to meet the needs of Displaced Women and Girls from West Anbar
Baghdad, Iraq, 23 September 2017 – As the West Anbar military efforts started, the urgent humanitarian needs of internally displaced women and girls continue to escalate. To meet the needs of these... Read more
Introduction to PSEA training held in Baghdad
Baghdad, Iraq, 29-30 August 2017 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) office in Iraq, on behalf of the Iraq Network for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), in collaboration... Read more
Iraq Ministry of Health launches the web version of the Clinical Management of Rape Protocol
18 JULY 2017, BAGHDAD, IRAQ – The Iraqi Ministry of Health, in partnership with UNFPA, launched the online version of its Clinical Management of Rape (CMR) protocol. The protocol aims to strengthen... Read more
Mosul General Hospital Maternity Ward reopens after months of closure
6 JULY 2017, BAGHDAD, IRAQ – The maternity ward in Mosul General Hospital, supported by the United Nations Population Fund with funding from the Australian Government, has reopened to provide... Read more
UNFPA mourns passing of Executive Director
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 June 2017—With profound sadness, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, announces that its Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, passed away suddenly at his... Read more
WHO and UNFPA scale up trauma and emergency obstetric response capacity to safe guard lives of newly displaced families from west Mosul
Baghdad, 31 May 2017: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are extremely concerned about the health conditions of about 180 000 men, women and children... Read more
Humanitarian partners prepare for a surge of displaced families from West Mosul
Baghdad, 29 May – As the fighting intensifies in west Mosul, humanitarian partners in Iraq have pre-positioned lifesaving packages of assistance containing food, water and other assistance in key... Read more
Support provided to Yazidi survivors of kidnapping and sexual violence
(Baghdad, 30 April 2017): A group of 36 Yazidi survivors including women, men and children have recently been rescued from slavery, having been held in captivity by the Islamic State in Iraq and... Read more
UNFPA Regional Director Visits Iraq
Baghdad, 19 April 2017 – UNFPA’s director for the Arab region Dr Luay Shabaneh has just concluded a four-day visit to Iraq, during which he spent most of his time in direct interaction with Iraqi... Read more