March 28
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 »
March 18
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 »
October 11, 2023
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 »
September 20, 2023
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 »
August 04, 2023
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 »
July 25, 2023
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 »
July 14, 2023
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 »
April 06, 2023
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 »
April 05, 2023
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 »
March 02, 2023
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 »
February 09, 2023
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 »
January 25, 2023
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 »
December 15, 2022
Ethiopia: Long-Awaited Life-Saving Reproductive Health Supplies Reach Tigray, Ethiopia
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, has resumed distribution of humanitarian aid in Tigray, following the recent peace agreement. On 8 December, around… Read more »
November 08, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Woman Finds Hope in Safe Birth of Twins After Losing Everything
Rebecca Wimana was seven months pregnant when she lost her house in Jomba in the conflict raging in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read more »
October 24, 2022
Ethiopia: From Conflict to Climate Shocks, Women and Girls Are Disproportionately Affected
Grinding conflict, climate shocks including drought and floods and the impacts of COVID-19 have left more than an estimated 25 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.… Read more »
September 01, 2022
Ethiopia: Family Planning, a Life-Saving Intervention for Conflict-Affected Communities in Ethiopia
"In this difficult situation, family planning will help me take care of my own health and safety and better care for my baby and family" says Nigiste, 21, a mother of a… Read more »
August 03, 2022
Ethiopia: How Conflict Fuels Sexual Violence in Northern Ethiopia
"We tried to flee on the back of a truck, but they caught us. They took me away, raped me and left me in the bush." Mahlet* was just 17 when she fled her home in November 2021 to… Read more »
June 17, 2022
Africa: International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
When wars begin, so does the terror and devastation of sexual violence. The bodies of women and girls become battlefields. Rape is used as a weapon of war just as surely as the… Read more »
April 25, 2022
South Sudan: Women and Girls Battle Mounting Sexual Violence Amid Conflict and Climate Crises #AfricaClimateCrisis
"I used to collect firewood, make charcoal, and sell fresh milk to help meet our family's needs," Nyachar Gatneay Rial, 38, told UNFPA. "Now I have to sell tea in the local market… Read more »