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Japan contributes US$2.4 million to strengthen lifesaving services for Yemeni women and girls

26 Jul 2024

New funding from Japan will provide more than 120,000 vulnerable women and girls with access to life-saving reproductive health and protection services in Yemen.

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Japan continues to prioritize the most vulnerable women and girls in humanitarian settings

31 Jan 2024

Setyelem, 29, suffered from the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia. She received care thanks to UNFPA, with funding from the Government of Japan. © UNFPA Ethiopia

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UNFPA mobile clinic helps women give birth safely during crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Midwives working in UNFPA’s mobile clinic attend to a pregnant woman who was forced to flee her home for a temporary displacement camp in Rusayo, North Kivu province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA/Junior Mayindu

08 May 2023

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Funding from the Government of Japan safeguards women’s and girls’ health and needs in crises

11 Apr 2023

Joana and her daughter were displaced from the conflict in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. They now visit a UNFPA-supported women-friendly space, funded by the Government of Japan and the Central Emergency Response Funds. © UNFPA Mozambique/Mbuto Machili

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UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages

Midwife Suhila Rasuli on her way to visit a pregnant woman in a remote area of Nimroz province, Afghanistan. © Naqibullah Rahimi/MOVE Afghanistan

16 March 2023

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Core resources support survivors of gender-based violence in the Comoros

19 Jan 2023

Mariama* confides in a social worker: She was raped at a neighbour’s home when she was just 13 years old and forced into early motherhood. The Comoros already has high rates of gender-based violence, but many more women and girls don’t report being assaulted or abused for fear of social stigma, discrimination and even financial destitution. © UNFPA Comoros/Melvis Kimbi

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Japan and UNFPA partner to support maternal health in Palestine

30 Jun 2022

UNFPA and Japan join forces to improve maternal health in Palestine and provide assistance to women in need. © UNFPA Palestine

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UNFPA and WFP join forces to meet soaring reproductive health and nutrition needs in southern Madagascar

Women in the Amboasary district of Madagascar’s drought-stricken Grand Sud region wait to receive sexual and reproductive health consultations from UNFPA-supported medical staff. At the same time, a WFP food donation takes place just metres away to help stem a devastating food crisis affecting some 3 million people in the region. © UNFPA/Melvis Kimbi

04 May 2022

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In Libya, a chance at a future after violence and rejection

Women participate in a group activity at a women and girls safe space in Tripoli. There are four UNFPA-supported safe spaces for gender-based violence survivors and women and girls at risk throughout Libya. © UNFPA Libya

07 September 2021

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Japan contributes $1.4 million to UNFPA maternal health project for Afghan refugees in Iran

16 Jun 2021

Mother and child from a UNFPA supported programme. @UNFPA Iran

Japan contributes US$2.4 million to strengthen lifesaving services for Yemeni women and girls

Japan continues to prioritize the most vulnerable women and girls in humanitarian settings

UNFPA mobile clinic helps women give birth safely during crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Funding from the Government of Japan safeguards women’s and girls’ health and needs in crises

UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages

Core resources support survivors of gender-based violence in the Comoros

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Japan and UNFPA partner to support maternal health in Palestine

UNFPA and WFP join forces to meet soaring reproductive health and nutrition needs in southern Madagascar

In Libya, a chance at a future after violence and rejection

Japan contributes $1.4 million to UNFPA maternal health project for Afghan refugees in Iran