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18 December 2022
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Women receiving dignity kits from WFHS in Spin Boldak.

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

2 November 2022
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79 per cent of Afghan households live in shelters that need repair and 79 per cent do not have adequate access to heating.

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

17 October 2022
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Center promotes intergenerational dialogues to support young people

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

25 August 2022
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Mursal cannot go back to school now and her hopes of becoming a doctor are now uncertain. © UNFPA Afghanistan

‘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

15 August 2022
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Girls have been excluded from secondary schools, a move that violates their fundamental right to education

Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on Afghanistan

Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on Afghanistan

10 August 2022
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Minaz Bibi provides midwifery services for the earthquake affected women in Gayan district of Paktika, Afghanistan

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

1 August 2022
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Ms. Ayobi (left) receives her certificate after completing her midwifery training.

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

26 June 2022
Press Release
20,000 women and girls affected by Afghanistan earthquake need access to safe delivery, dignity kits

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

14 June 2022
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Dr. Nazifa Hamrah checks on Haadiya (face covered) after her fistula repair surgery at Malalai Maternity Hospital in Kabul.

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

10 May 2022
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Midwife Laila Amini checks on a mother and newborn at the Arkalik Village Family Health House. © AADA

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

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