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UNFPA Executive Director Ms Diene Keita condemns the shocking attack at El Fasher Maternity Hospital in #Sudan.
At least 460 patients and their families were reportedly killed, after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city.
The world must not stand silent.
See her statement: unf.pa/sor
At least 460 patients and their families were reportedly killed, after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city.
The world must not stand silent.
See her statement: unf.pa/sor
Technology has opened doors for adolescent girls.
Yet they still face some of the highest risks of digital violence.
See @unfpa.org Executive Director Ms. Diene Keita describe our work tackling online abuse on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: https://unf.pa/tsa
Yet they still face some of the highest risks of digital violence.
See @unfpa.org Executive Director Ms. Diene Keita describe our work tackling online abuse on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: https://unf.pa/tsa
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Technology has opened doors for adolescent girls.
Yet they still face some of the highest risks of digital violence.
See @unfpa.org Executive Director Ms. Diene Keita describe our work tackling online abuse on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: https://unf.pa/tsa
Yet they still face some of the highest risks of digital violence.
See @unfpa.org Executive Director Ms. Diene Keita describe our work tackling online abuse on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: https://unf.pa/tsa
No form of discrimination or marginalization is ever acceptable.
Still, many women and girls face barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive rights and services.
See why @unfpa.org is working to end these inequalities: http://unf.pa/tohpf
#GenderEquality
Still, many women and girls face barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive rights and services.
See why @unfpa.org is working to end these inequalities: http://unf.pa/tohpf
#GenderEquality
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
No form of discrimination or marginalization is ever acceptable.
Still, many women and girls face barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive rights and services.
See why @unfpa.org is working to end these inequalities: http://unf.pa/tohpf
#GenderEquality
Still, many women and girls face barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive rights and services.
See why @unfpa.org is working to end these inequalities: http://unf.pa/tohpf
#GenderEquality
6 out of 10 births in #Somalia happen without a doctor, increasing the risk of obstetric fistula and leaving women isolated.
Learn how @unfpa.org is offering life-changing, free surgery to restore hope and dignity: https://unf.pa/hth
📰 UN News
#EndFistula
Learn how @unfpa.org is offering life-changing, free surgery to restore hope and dignity: https://unf.pa/hth
📰 UN News
#EndFistula
Healing the hidden wounds of childbirth
In Somalia, where six out of ten births take place without a doctor, childbirth is often a matter of survival.
unf.pa
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
6 out of 10 births in #Somalia happen without a doctor, increasing the risk of obstetric fistula and leaving women isolated.
Learn how @unfpa.org is offering life-changing, free surgery to restore hope and dignity: https://unf.pa/hth
📰 UN News
#EndFistula
Learn how @unfpa.org is offering life-changing, free surgery to restore hope and dignity: https://unf.pa/hth
📰 UN News
#EndFistula
Nomadic women are giving birth alone during mountain migrations, leading to high, unrecorded maternal mortality.
Learn why, for pastoralist women, survival often depends on traditional #midwives: https://unf.pa/jkm
✍️ Arsalan Bukhari
🗞️ @theguardian.com
Learn why, for pastoralist women, survival often depends on traditional #midwives: https://unf.pa/jkm
✍️ Arsalan Bukhari
🗞️ @theguardian.com
Born in the forest: the women giving birth alone in the Kashmiri mountains
Far from hospitals, nomadic Gujjar women routinely go into labour – and die – on their herder communities’ long seasonal treks
unf.pa
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Nomadic women are giving birth alone during mountain migrations, leading to high, unrecorded maternal mortality.
Learn why, for pastoralist women, survival often depends on traditional #midwives: https://unf.pa/jkm
✍️ Arsalan Bukhari
🗞️ @theguardian.com
Learn why, for pastoralist women, survival often depends on traditional #midwives: https://unf.pa/jkm
✍️ Arsalan Bukhari
🗞️ @theguardian.com
#DidYouKnow: 1 in 3 women have experienced partner or sexual violence in their lifetime?
Funding cuts to programs aimed at reducing violence are putting even more women and girls at risk.
See how @unfpa.org, along with partners, is working to #ENDViolence: https://unf.pa/ltm
Funding cuts to programs aimed at reducing violence are putting even more women and girls at risk.
See how @unfpa.org, along with partners, is working to #ENDViolence: https://unf.pa/ltm
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#DidYouKnow: 1 in 3 women have experienced partner or sexual violence in their lifetime?
Funding cuts to programs aimed at reducing violence are putting even more women and girls at risk.
See how @unfpa.org, along with partners, is working to #ENDViolence: https://unf.pa/ltm
Funding cuts to programs aimed at reducing violence are putting even more women and girls at risk.
See how @unfpa.org, along with partners, is working to #ENDViolence: https://unf.pa/ltm
Childbirth shouldn’t be a death sentence.
Yet for too many mothers and their newborns caught in crises it is.
For just $5, a @unfpa.org Emergency Birth Kit can be the difference between life and death.
Please, help us save lives 🧡
Donate now: https://unf.pa/sem
Yet for too many mothers and their newborns caught in crises it is.
For just $5, a @unfpa.org Emergency Birth Kit can be the difference between life and death.
Please, help us save lives 🧡
Donate now: https://unf.pa/sem
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Childbirth shouldn’t be a death sentence.
Yet for too many mothers and their newborns caught in crises it is.
For just $5, a @unfpa.org Emergency Birth Kit can be the difference between life and death.
Please, help us save lives 🧡
Donate now: https://unf.pa/sem
Yet for too many mothers and their newborns caught in crises it is.
For just $5, a @unfpa.org Emergency Birth Kit can be the difference between life and death.
Please, help us save lives 🧡
Donate now: https://unf.pa/sem
“The baby is coming and I am terrified.”
Fear for mothers in #Gaza like Riman, comes not only from the lack of healthcare, but the lack of food.
Stand with them by helping @unfpa.org provide lifesaving care: https://unf.pa/gaza
Fear for mothers in #Gaza like Riman, comes not only from the lack of healthcare, but the lack of food.
Stand with them by helping @unfpa.org provide lifesaving care: https://unf.pa/gaza
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“The baby is coming and I am terrified.”
Fear for mothers in #Gaza like Riman, comes not only from the lack of healthcare, but the lack of food.
Stand with them by helping @unfpa.org provide lifesaving care: https://unf.pa/gaza
Fear for mothers in #Gaza like Riman, comes not only from the lack of healthcare, but the lack of food.
Stand with them by helping @unfpa.org provide lifesaving care: https://unf.pa/gaza
Women need more than a seat at the table. They need:
✅ an inclusive society where they feel seen, heard and valued
✅ a gender-equal world where they can thrive
See how @unfpa.org is working to make these #GlobalGoals a reality: https://unf.pa/equality
✅ an inclusive society where they feel seen, heard and valued
✅ a gender-equal world where they can thrive
See how @unfpa.org is working to make these #GlobalGoals a reality: https://unf.pa/equality
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Women need more than a seat at the table. They need:
✅ an inclusive society where they feel seen, heard and valued
✅ a gender-equal world where they can thrive
See how @unfpa.org is working to make these #GlobalGoals a reality: https://unf.pa/equality
✅ an inclusive society where they feel seen, heard and valued
✅ a gender-equal world where they can thrive
See how @unfpa.org is working to make these #GlobalGoals a reality: https://unf.pa/equality
On 25 October, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) entered the city of El Fasher, #Sudan unleashing a wave of violence.
Hear about the horrors one man witnessed during his escape, as shared with @unfpa.org and @pbsnews.org.
✍🏼 Nick Schifrin and @zebaism.bsky.social
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Hear about the horrors one man witnessed during his escape, as shared with @unfpa.org and @pbsnews.org.
✍🏼 Nick Schifrin and @zebaism.bsky.social
#KeepEyesOnSudan
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
On 25 October, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) entered the city of El Fasher, #Sudan unleashing a wave of violence.
Hear about the horrors one man witnessed during his escape, as shared with @unfpa.org and @pbsnews.org.
✍🏼 Nick Schifrin and @zebaism.bsky.social
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Hear about the horrors one man witnessed during his escape, as shared with @unfpa.org and @pbsnews.org.
✍🏼 Nick Schifrin and @zebaism.bsky.social
#KeepEyesOnSudan
UNFPA Executive Director Ms Diene Keita condemns the shocking attack at El Fasher Maternity Hospital in #Sudan.
At least 460 patients and their families were reportedly killed, after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city.
The world must not stand silent.
See her statement: unf.pa/sor
At least 460 patients and their families were reportedly killed, after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city.
The world must not stand silent.
See her statement: unf.pa/sor
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
UNFPA Executive Director Ms Diene Keita condemns the shocking attack at El Fasher Maternity Hospital in #Sudan.
At least 460 patients and their families were reportedly killed, after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city.
The world must not stand silent.
See her statement: unf.pa/sor
At least 460 patients and their families were reportedly killed, after the Rapid Support Forces seized the city.
The world must not stand silent.
See her statement: unf.pa/sor
Thank you, @tomfletcherun.bsky.social, for highlighting the life-saving medical supplies that @unfpa.org is delivering in #Gaza, and our incredible colleagues and partners on the ground who make it all possible 🧡
October 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Thank you, @tomfletcherun.bsky.social, for highlighting the life-saving medical supplies that @unfpa.org is delivering in #Gaza, and our incredible colleagues and partners on the ground who make it all possible 🧡
“I cannot unsee what I have seen.”
The immense destruction in #Gaza, which @unfpa.org Deputy Executive Director for Management Andrew Saberton witnessed on his recent visit, is a daily reality for women and girls.
They need a massive increase in aid to survive and rebuild their shattered lives.
The immense destruction in #Gaza, which @unfpa.org Deputy Executive Director for Management Andrew Saberton witnessed on his recent visit, is a daily reality for women and girls.
They need a massive increase in aid to survive and rebuild their shattered lives.
October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“I cannot unsee what I have seen.”
The immense destruction in #Gaza, which @unfpa.org Deputy Executive Director for Management Andrew Saberton witnessed on his recent visit, is a daily reality for women and girls.
They need a massive increase in aid to survive and rebuild their shattered lives.
The immense destruction in #Gaza, which @unfpa.org Deputy Executive Director for Management Andrew Saberton witnessed on his recent visit, is a daily reality for women and girls.
They need a massive increase in aid to survive and rebuild their shattered lives.
Forced from their homes by conflict and disaster, girls are increasingly seeing their rights and futures threatened.
See how they are creating a more hopeful future in refugee camps around the world, with the support of @unfpa.org: https://unf.pa/clf
See how they are creating a more hopeful future in refugee camps around the world, with the support of @unfpa.org: https://unf.pa/clf
October 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Forced from their homes by conflict and disaster, girls are increasingly seeing their rights and futures threatened.
See how they are creating a more hopeful future in refugee camps around the world, with the support of @unfpa.org: https://unf.pa/clf
See how they are creating a more hopeful future in refugee camps around the world, with the support of @unfpa.org: https://unf.pa/clf
What’s on Ms. Diene Keita's mind as she’s officially sworn in as the new @unfpa.org Executive Director?
📽 Watch the full video and walk the halls of the #UnitedNations with our new Executive Director.
#GlobalGoals
📽 Watch the full video and walk the halls of the #UnitedNations with our new Executive Director.
#GlobalGoals
October 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What’s on Ms. Diene Keita's mind as she’s officially sworn in as the new @unfpa.org Executive Director?
📽 Watch the full video and walk the halls of the #UnitedNations with our new Executive Director.
#GlobalGoals
📽 Watch the full video and walk the halls of the #UnitedNations with our new Executive Director.
#GlobalGoals
Yes, Ms. Diene Keita!
Girls caught in crises are calling for safety, dignity and human rights.
With our support, they can build a brighter future for themselves and their communities.
See the @unfpa.org Executive Director’s statement on the #DayOfTheGirl: unfpa.org
Girls caught in crises are calling for safety, dignity and human rights.
With our support, they can build a brighter future for themselves and their communities.
See the @unfpa.org Executive Director’s statement on the #DayOfTheGirl: unfpa.org
October 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Yes, Ms. Diene Keita!
Girls caught in crises are calling for safety, dignity and human rights.
With our support, they can build a brighter future for themselves and their communities.
See the @unfpa.org Executive Director’s statement on the #DayOfTheGirl: unfpa.org
Girls caught in crises are calling for safety, dignity and human rights.
With our support, they can build a brighter future for themselves and their communities.
See the @unfpa.org Executive Director’s statement on the #DayOfTheGirl: unfpa.org
🚨 @unfpa.org condemns in the strongest terms the repeated attacks on El Fasher Maternity Hospital in #Sudan.
The latest strike on 7 October – the third in a week – reportedly killed at least 12 people.
See our statement: https://unf.pa/uso
#KeepEyesOnSudan
The latest strike on 7 October – the third in a week – reportedly killed at least 12 people.
See our statement: https://unf.pa/uso
#KeepEyesOnSudan
October 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
🚨 @unfpa.org condemns in the strongest terms the repeated attacks on El Fasher Maternity Hospital in #Sudan.
The latest strike on 7 October – the third in a week – reportedly killed at least 12 people.
See our statement: https://unf.pa/uso
#KeepEyesOnSudan
The latest strike on 7 October – the third in a week – reportedly killed at least 12 people.
See our statement: https://unf.pa/uso
#KeepEyesOnSudan
After two years of relentless bombardment, most women and girls in #Gaza have been left with nothing.
Many have been displaced so many times they’ve lost count.
@unfpa.org continues to support them but they need a sustained ceasefire, a massive increase in aid, and lasting peace.
Many have been displaced so many times they’ve lost count.
@unfpa.org continues to support them but they need a sustained ceasefire, a massive increase in aid, and lasting peace.
October 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
After two years of relentless bombardment, most women and girls in #Gaza have been left with nothing.
Many have been displaced so many times they’ve lost count.
@unfpa.org continues to support them but they need a sustained ceasefire, a massive increase in aid, and lasting peace.
Many have been displaced so many times they’ve lost count.
@unfpa.org continues to support them but they need a sustained ceasefire, a massive increase in aid, and lasting peace.
⚠️ Online abuse should NOT be the norm.
Policymakers, tech companies and social media platforms must act to protect digital spaces for girls.
Join @unfpa.org in saying NO to all forms of violence against women and girls online: https://unf.pa/tfgbv
#ENDViolence
Policymakers, tech companies and social media platforms must act to protect digital spaces for girls.
Join @unfpa.org in saying NO to all forms of violence against women and girls online: https://unf.pa/tfgbv
#ENDViolence
October 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
⚠️ Online abuse should NOT be the norm.
Policymakers, tech companies and social media platforms must act to protect digital spaces for girls.
Join @unfpa.org in saying NO to all forms of violence against women and girls online: https://unf.pa/tfgbv
#ENDViolence
Policymakers, tech companies and social media platforms must act to protect digital spaces for girls.
Join @unfpa.org in saying NO to all forms of violence against women and girls online: https://unf.pa/tfgbv
#ENDViolence
⚠️ 500 girls get pregnant every day in the #Philippines.
See how young leaders are helping to reduce teen pregnancy among their peers through a collaborative initiative by @unfpa.org, @unicef.org, and @who.int: unf.pa/emy
#YouthLeadership
See how young leaders are helping to reduce teen pregnancy among their peers through a collaborative initiative by @unfpa.org, @unicef.org, and @who.int: unf.pa/emy
#YouthLeadership
September 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
⚠️ 500 girls get pregnant every day in the #Philippines.
See how young leaders are helping to reduce teen pregnancy among their peers through a collaborative initiative by @unfpa.org, @unicef.org, and @who.int: unf.pa/emy
#YouthLeadership
See how young leaders are helping to reduce teen pregnancy among their peers through a collaborative initiative by @unfpa.org, @unicef.org, and @who.int: unf.pa/emy
#YouthLeadership
🗣️ “It gives us hope that someone sees us, hears us and cares.”
For women like Samira, 38, mobile safe spaces in #WestBank have made accessing care and support easier and safer.
See how @unfpa.org is supporting such lifelines for women and girls in crisis: https://unf.pa/hsm
For women like Samira, 38, mobile safe spaces in #WestBank have made accessing care and support easier and safer.
See how @unfpa.org is supporting such lifelines for women and girls in crisis: https://unf.pa/hsm
Holding space for hope: Mobile health teams are a lifeline for survivors of gender-based violence in Hebron
HEBRON, Occupied Palestinian Territory – Ayat, 29, is a mother of four and pregnant. She lives in Deir Al Shams, a rural community in southern Hebron where there are no nearby health services, no plac...
unf.pa
September 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🗣️ “It gives us hope that someone sees us, hears us and cares.”
For women like Samira, 38, mobile safe spaces in #WestBank have made accessing care and support easier and safer.
See how @unfpa.org is supporting such lifelines for women and girls in crisis: https://unf.pa/hsm
For women like Samira, 38, mobile safe spaces in #WestBank have made accessing care and support easier and safer.
See how @unfpa.org is supporting such lifelines for women and girls in crisis: https://unf.pa/hsm
Fatima died in childbirth en route to emergency care in #Yemen.
“Her preventable death was a direct consequence of funding cuts”, said @unfpa.org Representative for Yemen Enshrah Ahmed.
Read about the tragic loss of live-saving services: https://unf.pa/dba
🗞️ @theguardian.com
✍️ @katlay.bsky.social
“Her preventable death was a direct consequence of funding cuts”, said @unfpa.org Representative for Yemen Enshrah Ahmed.
Read about the tragic loss of live-saving services: https://unf.pa/dba
🗞️ @theguardian.com
✍️ @katlay.bsky.social
Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen
While the Trump administration claims no one will die over the axing of its overseas development budgets, aid agencies say the action will cost at least 3 million lives. Fatima and her baby were among...
unf.pa
September 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Fatima died in childbirth en route to emergency care in #Yemen.
“Her preventable death was a direct consequence of funding cuts”, said @unfpa.org Representative for Yemen Enshrah Ahmed.
Read about the tragic loss of live-saving services: https://unf.pa/dba
🗞️ @theguardian.com
✍️ @katlay.bsky.social
“Her preventable death was a direct consequence of funding cuts”, said @unfpa.org Representative for Yemen Enshrah Ahmed.
Read about the tragic loss of live-saving services: https://unf.pa/dba
🗞️ @theguardian.com
✍️ @katlay.bsky.social
"Let us honour Beijing and Cairo not with words, but with urgent action."
📽 See @unfpa.org Executive Director Ms. Diene Keita's remarks during the #Beijing30 High-Level Meeting at #UNGA: https://unf.pa/bhl
#GlobalGoals
📽 See @unfpa.org Executive Director Ms. Diene Keita's remarks during the #Beijing30 High-Level Meeting at #UNGA: https://unf.pa/bhl
#GlobalGoals
September 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Let us honour Beijing and Cairo not with words, but with urgent action."
📽 See @unfpa.org Executive Director Ms. Diene Keita's remarks during the #Beijing30 High-Level Meeting at #UNGA: https://unf.pa/bhl
#GlobalGoals
📽 See @unfpa.org Executive Director Ms. Diene Keita's remarks during the #Beijing30 High-Level Meeting at #UNGA: https://unf.pa/bhl
#GlobalGoals
🚫 Child marriage is a human rights violation.
And yet, it remains widespread globally.
See how @unfpa.org is taking action to #ENDChildMarriage: https://unf.pa/chu
#GlobalGoals
And yet, it remains widespread globally.
See how @unfpa.org is taking action to #ENDChildMarriage: https://unf.pa/chu
#GlobalGoals
September 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
🚫 Child marriage is a human rights violation.
And yet, it remains widespread globally.
See how @unfpa.org is taking action to #ENDChildMarriage: https://unf.pa/chu
#GlobalGoals
And yet, it remains widespread globally.
See how @unfpa.org is taking action to #ENDChildMarriage: https://unf.pa/chu
#GlobalGoals
Attacks on hospitals and health clinics in #Gaza City are depriving pregnant women of vital care.
Those fleeing are forced to deliver without a skilled birth attendant, risking their and their and newborn’s lives.
See the statement from @unfpa.org: https://unf.pa/agc
#CeasefireNow
Those fleeing are forced to deliver without a skilled birth attendant, risking their and their and newborn’s lives.
See the statement from @unfpa.org: https://unf.pa/agc
#CeasefireNow
September 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Attacks on hospitals and health clinics in #Gaza City are depriving pregnant women of vital care.
Those fleeing are forced to deliver without a skilled birth attendant, risking their and their and newborn’s lives.
See the statement from @unfpa.org: https://unf.pa/agc
#CeasefireNow
Those fleeing are forced to deliver without a skilled birth attendant, risking their and their and newborn’s lives.
See the statement from @unfpa.org: https://unf.pa/agc
#CeasefireNow
Reposted by UNFPA
Survivors of sexual violence shared unimaginable pain – scars on body & mind. And quiet courage amid tears.
Centres like La Cay Fanm provide medical care, psychosocial support & a space for dignity. But it’s underfunded & under threat. We must sustain this vital work. #Haiti
Centres like La Cay Fanm provide medical care, psychosocial support & a space for dignity. But it’s underfunded & under threat. We must sustain this vital work. #Haiti
September 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Survivors of sexual violence shared unimaginable pain – scars on body & mind. And quiet courage amid tears.
Centres like La Cay Fanm provide medical care, psychosocial support & a space for dignity. But it’s underfunded & under threat. We must sustain this vital work. #Haiti
Centres like La Cay Fanm provide medical care, psychosocial support & a space for dignity. But it’s underfunded & under threat. We must sustain this vital work. #Haiti