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Before the latest escalation in violence between Israel and Hamas, pregnant women in the Gaza Strip could have health check-ups, get advice on nutrition and prepare their homes for the arrival of their babies. Today, thousands are living in shelters where there is not enough food or clean water, and…

At least 130 babies are dependent on electric incubators that are vulnerable to power cuts as Gaza runs out of fuel.

Women’s rights campaigners denounce ‘hugely regressive’ proposals from political and religious leaders to decriminalise practice

Only a third of countries with climate crisis plans include access to sexual, maternal and newborn health services, UNFPA report finds

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UNFPA India's 2023 Ageing Report calls for government to increase awareness of schemes for elderly, bring all old age homes under regulatory purview, and facilitate in situ ageing. Report projects 279% growth in 80+ population by 2050, with majority being widowed, highly dependent women. Report highlights lack of data on…

Thousands of adults and children may have survived Russian sexual assaults but few have come forward and far fewer have seen any punishment

Concerns are rife about trafficking, menstrual hygiene and securing safe childbirth.

Understanding sexual consent is important not only to learn about violation and abuse, but also to maintain healthy relationships

Previous efforts to combat teen pregnancies were met with success in Rwanda, but that progress has now stagnated.

The United Nations has voiced grave concerns over the civil war in Sudan saying it is "spiralling out of control", as more than a million people have left the country to neighbouring nations since April as fighting between two warring factions has turned the nation into a war zone, according…