In a world wrestling with climate emergencies, outbreaks of conflict and the deepening of complex crises, UNFPA is a lifeline for women and girls, delivering crucial sexual and reproductive health services and protection in the world’s most challenging environments. Without this support, countless women and girls would face unimaginable risks and loss.
UNFPA is appealing for US$1.4 billion in 2025 to provide reproductive health services and gender-based violence prevention programming to more than 45 million women, girls and young people across 57 crisis-affected countries.
UNFPA will be launching the 2025 Humanitarian Action Overview on 5 December at 9:30 a.m. ET, presenting the appeal and priorities for the coming year, spotlighting major trends for women and girls in humanitarian settings and sharing key results achieved over the past year.
You can register for a live webcast of the event here. The event will also be livestreamed on UN Web TV:
Speakers include Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director; Anna Tazita Samue, Director of Women for Change; Bjørg Sandkjær, State Secretary to the Norwegian Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim; H.E. Ambassador MIKANAGI Tomohiro, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations; Hanna Jahns, Director for Strategy and Policy, European Commission, DG ECHO; and Jomana O. Abunahla, representative from a youth organization in Gaza.
The appeal is being launched at a critical time, with humanitarian needs at record highs and with reproductive rights under fire around the world.
In 2024, UNFPA reached more than 10 million people with reproductive health services and 3.6 million with gender-based violence protection, despite a global 57 per cent funding gap, rising insecurity and other constraints. In 34 countries, humanitarian funding for UNFPA’s response faced a staggering gap of 75 percent or more.
