Go Back
News
News
25 November 2016
Statement
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…
Read story
17 November 2016
Press Release
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…
Read story
02 November 2016
News
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…
Read story
25 October 2016
Press Release
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)…
Read story
18 October 2016
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…
Read story
18 October 2016
Statement
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…
Read story
11 October 2016
Statement
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…
Read story
01 September 2016
UNFPA Delivering Hope in Qayyarah District of Mosul in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq,1 September 2016 – On the first day of UNFPA’s support to WAHA, an international NGO active in the health field, a baby boy was born thanks to the…
Read story
19 August 2016
News
Escape from Fallujah: Pregnant residents describe life on the run from ISIL
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Residents of the long-embattled city of Fallujah are accustomed to hardship. But even for this battle-tested population, life under the Islamic State…
Read story