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![Women receiving dignity kits from WFHS in Spin Boldak.](https://afghanistan.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/japan_wfhs_spin_boldak_web.jpg?itok=jUqfDyjT)
Japan contribution to strengthen maternal health care in Helmand
Japan contributes an additional $1.3 million to UNFPA’s response to the escalating crisis in Afghanistan to boost life-saving reproductive health... Read more
![79 per cent of Afghan households live in shelters that need repair and 79 per cent do not have adequate access to heating.](https://afghanistan.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/winter_bamyan_1000x560px_0.jpg?itok=Qn2Bi2OA)
Providing warmth to vulnerable Afghans during the bitter winter
To help families survive the freezing temperatures in the coming months, UNFPA is working with partners to distribute winterization kits,... Read more
![Center promotes intergenerational dialogues to support young people](https://afghanistan.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/ataturk_img_1840_c.jpg?itok=bug3vpUn)
Center promotes intergenerational dialogues to support young people
Kabul, Afghanistan - “We need to learn from the experiences of people from different generations and different places to promote a better... Read more
![Mursal cannot go back to school now and her hopes of becoming a doctor are now uncertain. © UNFPA Afghanistan](https://afghanistan.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/049a4444_res_web.jpg?itok=oAlNY2Dj)
‘Giving up is not an option’ - Young Afghan forced out of school remains hopeful
Kabul, Afghanistan – One year after the Taliban takeover, 17-year-old Mursal Fasihi is still in disbelief that she cannot go back to school and her... Read more
![Girls have been excluded from secondary schools, a move that violates their fundamental right to education](https://afghanistan.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/image_for_press_release.jpg?itok=pTsOs0AE)
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on Afghanistan
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on Afghanistan
![Minaz Bibi provides midwifery services for the earthquake affected women in Gayan district of Paktika, Afghanistan](https://afghanistan.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/minaz_bibi_midwife_in_paktika_.jpg?itok=TNn8TGqg)
New midwife’s first call of duty: Emergency response to earthquake ‘Women were in shock, many of them were pregnant’
Paktika, Afghanistan – Minaz Bibi had just finished a midwifery course and was waiting for her deployment to a community health center when she... Read more
![Ms. Ayobi (left) receives her certificate after completing her midwifery training. Ms. Ayobi (left) receives her certificate after completing her midwifery training.](https://afghanistan.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/sima_-_faryab_mw_0.jpg?itok=rUmYXWl8)
Women’s struggles, difficult pregnancy inspires mother to become a midwife
Faryab, Afghanistan – Growing up, midwife Sima Ayobi witnessed how pregnant women struggled to access maternity care in their remote village in Faryab province. Experiencing the same challenge later... Read more
![20,000 women and girls affected by Afghanistan earthquake need access to safe delivery, dignity kits](https://afghanistan.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/unfpa_afghanistan_press_release_1.jpg?itok=HMsAYeHQ)
20,000 women and girls affected by Afghanistan earthquake need access to safe delivery, dignity kits
PRESS RELEASE 20,000 women and girls affected by Afghanistan earthquake need access to safe delivery, dignity kits Kabul, Afghanistan – Close to 20,000 women of childbearing age, including 1,929... Read more
![Dr. Nazifa Hamrah checks on Haadiya (face covered) after her fistula repair surgery at Malalai Maternity Hospital in Kabul.](https://afghanistan.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/fistual_ward_-_cov_pic.png?itok=Sj5UAyLT)
Fistula patients not forgotten as Afghanistan crisis continues
Kabul, Afghanistan – As the country continues to face an unprecedented crisis that has greatly impacted on its health system, health facilities are striving to ensure that reproductive health... Read more
![Midwife Laila Amini checks on a mother and newborn at the Arkalik Village Family Health House. © AADA](https://afghanistan.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/amina_-_fhh_arkalik_1.jpg?itok=h7oY3-Hf)
With community support, Family Health House scores zero maternal death
Faryab, Afghanistan – It was five years ago during winter when a 17-year-old girl in extreme labor pain was taken to the Family Health House in Arkalik Village in a wheelbarrow. She was about to give... Read more