Griseida, 28, left Venezuela when she couldn’t find a job to feed her five children. Thirty-five-year-old Marlyng, too, left when there was no work to be found, leaving behind two of three children until she could get settled. They are just two of the approximate 1.6 million...

Bana, 12, fled her hometown, the city of Aleppo, before the Syrian conflict engulfed her neighbourhood. It was the first of two times she and her family would have to flee violence before settling down here, in northwest Syria. And then the pandemic struck.

The United States has committed $32.5 million to UNFPA core resources, which will help the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency respond to the needs of women and girls across the globe. Unrestricted core funding enables UNFPA to programme strategically and...