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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 patients and health workers, destroying vital... Read more
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 neighbouring countries. For... Read more
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. I had a complicated... Read more
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 escalation of conflict... Read more
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. This renewed engagement sends a... Read more
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 to Ukraine, visited... Read more
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 this period has significantly... Read more
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 loneliness, according to a new... Read more
Training of Experts Working with Vulnerable Adolescents in Career-Level and Vocational Educational Institutions of Zaporizhia Region under the New Life-Skills Programme Completed
Another approbation training course for experts working with vulnerable adolescents in career-level and vocational educational institutions of the Zaporizhia region under the new Life-Skills... Read more
A Poll to Determine the Youth Well-Being Index Launched in Vinnytsia
From 28 December 2021 to 28 January 2022, Vinnytsia will host the Youth Wel-Being Index poll as part of the cooperation between the city and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Ukraine.... Read more