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United Nations kicks off Campaign to combat gender-based violence in Iraq
Baghdad/Erbil, Iraq, 28 November 2016 – Under the theme “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Step Up for Freedom and Equality”, the United Nations in cooperation with the Government of Iraq... Read more
WHO and UNFPA deliver life-saving health care to populations in Eastern Mosul
27 November 2016, Erbil, Iraq –WHO and UNFPA are scaling up primary and reproductive health services in eastern Mosul to ensure life-saving care for more than 60,000 people living near the front... Read more
UNFPA-supported centre helps sexually and psychologically abused women get over trauma
“I was raped…I hated life and attempted to commit suicide... But things have changed now,” said one Yazidi woman who escaped the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) that is also known... Read more
Empowering women and girls requires renewed efforts to end violence and harmful practices
Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2016 This... Read more
JOINT STATEMENT ON ONE MONTH OF MILITARY OPERATIONS TO RETAKE MOSUL
(Baghdad, 17 November 2016): Today marks one month of intensified military operations to retake the city of Mosul. With tens of thousands of families in newly retaken areas urgently requiring life-... Read more
A mother in Qayyarah south of Mosul speaks of a bright future after ISIL
MOSUL, Iraq – With military operations underway to retake Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS or Daesh), thousands of civilians have fled and displacement is... Read more
UNFPA provides 1,000 RH consultations to women and girls fleeing Mosul
ERBIL, 25 October, 2016 — As Iraqi civilians are fleeing the ongoing conflict in Mosul, UNFPA Iraq has stepped up its response and delivered reproductive health (RH) services to women and girls in... Read more
The United Nations and humanitarian partners delivering assistance for displaced families from Mosul
(Baghdad, 17 October 2016): The intensification of military operations to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) could affect up to 1.5 million people in the... Read more
Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on the Protection of Women and Girls in Mosul
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 18 October 2016—I am deeply concerned about the rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis in Mosul, Iraq, and the heightened threat to the health and lives of pregnant women... Read more
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on the International Day of the Girl Child
“Is anyone out there even thinking of improving our lives?” asks Susmita, a teenager from Odisha, India. Susmita has never gone to school. She tends the few animals her family owns and attends to... Read more