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24 March 2022
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Lifesaving health supplies arrive in Ukraine to support safe delivery for pregnant women
UNFPA’s Senior Regional Coordinator Oksana Andrushkiv (left) reviews an inventory of emergency reproductive health supplies stored at a warehouse in Lviv for further…
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14 March 2022
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Stop Attacks on Health Care in Ukraine
“Today, we call for an immediate cessation of all attacks on health care in Ukraine. These horrific attacks are killing and causing serious injuries to…
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08 March 2022
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Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day
Women and girls pay a heavy price during conflicts and emergencies. More than 1.7 million people, mostly women and children, have now fled from their homes in Ukraine to…
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04 March 2022
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In her words: Air raid sirens, a baby’s first cry. Giving birth during conflict in Ukraine
Mariia Shostak is a 25-year-old woman living in Kyiv who started having contractions on 24 February, the day the Russian Federation launched a military offensive in Ukraine. …
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24 February 2022
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on women and girls in Ukraine
As fighting escalates in Ukraine, UNFPA warns of the impacts on women and girls. UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is deeply concerned about the…
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23 February 2022
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Ukraine joins UNFPA's coalition of core contributors and commits to women’s and girls’ health and rights
KYIV, Ukraine - In 2021, the Government of Ukraine contributed $25,000 to UNFPA core resources. The last time Ukraine contributed to our core funding was in 2010…
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11 February 2022
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Minister for International Development Cooperation of Sweden and the Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine together with UNFPA Ukraine have met gender-based violence survivors
On 11 February 2022 Matilda Ernkrans, the Minister for International Development Cooperation of Sweden, and Tobias Thyberg, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden…
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09 February 2022
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Female medical workers at the forefront of COVID-19: 3 stories
Halyna, chief of medicine, Volyn Regional Infectious Diseases Hospital, Lutsk Ukrainians have been living with the COVID-19 pandemic for almost two years now, and…
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28 January 2022
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Providing support for day-to-day tasks most effective in reducing loneliness in older people, new UNFPA study finds
ISTANBUL/LONDON, 28 January 2022 – Providing tangible support to older people for carrying out day-to-day tasks like grocery shopping is essential for addressing…
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