Africa: Hearing and Healing Survivors of Sexual Violence Is Essential to Lasting Peace

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (19 June) Read more »

Africa: Celebrating Midwives - Edinah Delivers Babies, One Safe Birth At a Time

Grimacing and sweating, twenty-three-year-old Samiya, a refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expecting her first child and is experiencing intense pain while waiting… Read more »

Ethiopia: Supporting GBV Survivors in Amhara to Recover and Build Resilience

Amina is one of the many women who have experienced conflict-related sexual violence during the devastating two-year conflict in northern Ethiopia. For more than three years, she… Read more »

South Sudan: From Returnee to Resilience - How Income Opportunities and Cash Assistance Fuel Hope

Fleeing from war, 55-year-old Angelina Yowin Abwol Deng embarked on a perilous journey from her home in Fit-Hab-Khartoum through Kordofan to reach safety in South Sudan, and is now… Read more »

Africa: The Digital Space Is the New Frontier for Gender-Based Violence

Today (International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October 2023: Digital Generation. Our Generation.), 77 million adolescent girls in East and Southern Africa encapsulate boundless… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: An Inside Look At Life-Saving Mobile Clinics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the health and protection needs of women and girls are soaring. Read more »

Malawi: A Warm Winter for Women and Girls Displaced By Tropical Cyclone Freddy

Mulanje, MALAWI - As dark clouds rolled over Ng'omba village in Mulanje, Daliso Simon gathered her harvest in a rush, as she didn't want to get caught in the impending storm. All… Read more »

East Africa: Sexual Violence Stalks Women and Girls Fleeing Sudan for South Sudan

"My neighbour Rose* travelled with me to Renk, but her three daughters stayed behind in Khartoum. Later she learned they had been gang raped," said Martha.* Read more »

East Africa: Crisis in the Horn of Africa

More than 43 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia in 2023, 32 million of whom are acutely food insecure. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Midwives Use New Groundbreaking Birthing Model With Survivors of Sexual Violence

When 16-year-old Esther* arrived at Panzi hospital in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, doctors confirmed her worst fear: she was pregnant. Esther had been raped… Read more »

South Sudan: 'Early Marriage, Unintended Pregnancies the Elephant in the Room in Displaced Persons Camp'

Mother-of-five Rebecca Nyakot, displaced from Unity State following the outbreak of conflict in South Sudan in 2013, often goes for long periods without food or clean, drinkable… Read more »

Tanzania: How One of the World's Largest Refugee Camps Achieved Zero Maternal Deaths in 2022

Last year, one of the world's largest refugee camps quietly achieved a remarkable feat. Nyarugusu refugee camp hosts more than 130,000 refugees, almost three times its original… Read more »

East Africa: Women and Girls Fleeing Somalia's Drought Grapple Gender-Based Violence in Daadab Refugee Camps

Around Christmas time last year, Rukia Yaroow Ali, 38, arrived at Hagadera refugee camp in Daadab. Hunger and insecurity had forced her to flee her village in Jilib in Somalia,… Read more »

Mozambique: 'I Can Now Go Back to School' - Teenage Mother Overjoyed She Can Prevent Unintended Pregnancies With Contraception

Fátima António, 18, the mother of a five-month-old boy, told UNFPA she was "apprehensive and hesitant" about using contraception. She is not alone. Nampula province… Read more »