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Argentina’s journalists speak out against online gender-based violence

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – “Afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted”: This old maxim followed by many journalists around the world has driven countless investigations into injustice and sparked discussions of…

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Leaving no one behind: The UNFPA-backed initiative using drones to connect people with care in Botswana

MAUN, Botswana – In the remote village of Mababe, Botswana, getting results from a straightforward blood test is no simple matter.

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“They have to fight”: People of African descent face deadly, systemic racism and sexism in health sectors across the Americas, UNFPA reports

TALAMANCA, Costa Rica/UNITED NATIONS, New York – “When I’m working in the gynaecology area and I see an Afrodescendent person, I feel concerned. Because I know that they wouldn’t come in unless they were feeling very…

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How UNFPA is engaging men and boys to shift damaging attitudes and further gender equality

BAKU, Azerbaijan/BAC GIANG, Viet Nam – For many people, finding out their baby’s birth sex is a cause for celebration – revealing the son or daughter they always dreamed of having. For others, it can be a source of…

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As drought and floods threaten millions in Ethiopia, midwives are a lifeline for pregnant women and newborns

DUDUMACAD, Ethiopia – “Saving the life of this baby was a miracle and a blessing for my family. I am immensely grateful,” said Amino Bashir, 25, as she held her newborn.

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The threads that bind: How bilum-weaving in Papua New Guinea tells stories from the lives of women and girls

GOROKA, Papua New Guinea – ”The bilum is woven by women. The fibre is twisted by women. The designs are created by women; so when you talk about bilum, it’s a woman’s thing,” says bilum weaver Florence Jaukae Kame

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“I want my baby safe, this is all I need.” Supporting women and girls in Myanmar after Cyclone Mocha tears a path of destruction

RAKHINE STATE, Myanmar – “We need more health-care services and facilities in operation. I want my baby safe, this is all I need.” Nan Nwe, 40, is pregnant and newly displaced in Sittwe, in Myanmar’s cyclone-battered…

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In Port Sudan, UNFPA helps ensure safe birth for women and girls fleeing violence in Khartoum

PORT SUDAN, Sudan – “I lost everything in the war. I did not want to lose my unborn child too.” At nine months pregnant, Omnia* left her home and everything she knew behind to escape the violent conflict engulfing Sudan…

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Bonded for life: A UNFPA-supported midwifery student in Gaza delivers her own baby sister

GAZA, Palestine – It all happened so fast. One minute, Raneen – then a 23-year-old midwifery student – was noting the beginning of her mother’s labour pains; the next, she was helping deliver her own baby sister. 

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