Midwives make #motherhood safer 🧡

This #DayOfTheMidwife , join UNFPA to celebrate the heroes who protect the health and rights of mothers and babies around the world: unf.pa/mid

''When crisis strikes, midwives are first on the scene, especially in remote communities. They know that babies arrive no matter a woman’s circumstances.''

Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/ on #InternationalDayOfTheMidwife 👉unf.pa/3Qv5P8Q

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⚠️ 9 years of conflict and displacement have left women and girls in #Yemen vulnerable to gender-based violence.

Without support they will suffer more.

See how UNFPA—the @UN sexual and reproductive health agency—is taking action: unf.pa/ysr5

#Yemen CantWait

#CPD57 #ICPD30 #NoWomanShouldDieWhileGivingLife @unfpa Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/

'We cannot sit still. When we invest in women and girls, everyone gains.'

-UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem just now at the opening of #CPD57 on #ICPD30 in New York.

“Our top priorities: 🔹women's empowerment, 🔹control of bodily autonomy &🔹fertility through contraception.

This avoids so much of the needless death from unspoken, unsafe abortion.”

- Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/, UNFPA

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Together, we can deliver a better present and safeguard #OurCommonFuture .

As the 57th session of the Commission on Population and Development kicks off, join UNFPA to shape the next 30 years of progress: unf.pa/cpd57

#CPD57

⚠️ Perpetrators of sexual violence are acting with impunity in #Sudan .

A lack of protection services and justice is increasing women’s trauma.

Join the call for peace from UNFPA—the @UN sexual and reproductive health agency: unf.pa/sva

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Useful discussion today on how govts & civil society can collaborate to protect + promote sexual & reproductive health, rights & services.

Thanks to all who attended the event, co-hosted by 🇧🇪 Belgium MFA, + our panel Birgit Van Hout David Whineray Veronique Joosten Camila Polo Flórez EPF

Access to #SRHR has proven positive impacts on global health. Governments, CSOs, and multilateral partners will work together to promote & protect access to #SRHR services, particularly for the most vulnerable.

David Whineray EPF UK Mission to the EU 🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇧🇪 Belgium MFA Embajada de Colombia en Bruselas

UNFPA Brussels is looking for a Resource mobilization and contract management consultant.

Join our team, apply now - unric.org/en/job/unfpa-c…

Drought in #Ethiopia will cause around 350,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women to suffer from malnutrition in 2024, robbing them and their newborns of health and even life.

See how UNFPA—the @UN sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding: unf.pa/eth

Exploitation, discrimination and marginalization have no place in our shared humanity.

Let UNFPA explain why the world must sustain the #ThreadsOfHope and end inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights ( #SRHR ): unf.pa/toh

#ICPD30 #GlobalGoals

Great exchange with young people on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of #ICPD30 in the Hague!

Progress has been made to put people’s #SRHR at the heart of development. But, the rate of progress has slowed or stalled lately. Millions of most marginalized remain far behind.

First ever global launch at @ungeneva of @unfpa's State of the World Population Report by our Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem /she/her/ella/ hosted by Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of UN Geneva to share progress on #SRHR and call on the States for deliberate action to end inequalities
#interwovenlivesthreadsofhop
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🚨A day of reflection at the 8th Humanitarian Senior Officials Meeting on #Syria hosted by EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺. 13 years since the onset of the crisis a record 16,7 million are in need of humanitarian assistance, half of them #women and #girls .

Las mujeres tienen derecho a tomar decisiones sobre su cuerpo sin violencia ni coacción.

El UNFPA te explica por qué el mundo debe mantener los #HilosDeEsperanza y acabar con las desigualdades en salud y derechos sexuales y reproductivos: unf.pa/hde

#CIPD30

Un avenir égalitaire pour toutes et tous est possible !

Découvrez les #LueursdEspoir avec l'UNFPA et pourquoi il faut mettre fin aux inégalités en matière de santé et de droits sexuels et reproductifs : unf.pa/lde

#CIPD30

A more equitable future for all is possible!

See the #ThreadsOfHope and let UNFPA explain why we must end inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights ( #SRHR ): unf.pa/toh

#ICPD30 #GlobalGoals

Amid rising #wars , let's not forget the devastating impact the war in #Syria has had on women & girls.

Since 2011, things have gone from bad to worse, with over 8 million women & girls among the 16.7 million in need of help.

See UNFPA's response: bit.ly/437uvsZ