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UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 16d
"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
A card featuring UNFPA Executive Director Ms. Diene Keita giving a speech at the General Assembly. The Secretary General, the President of the General Assembly and the Under-Secretary-General Department For General Assembly and Conference Management are seated behind her. Ms. Diene Keita's quote reads: "Let us place women and girls at the centre of our collective efforts and invest in their rights and choices—the foundation of justice, prosperity, and peace." There is a UNFPA logo in the bottom right corner.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 1d
⚠️ 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
An infographic on a white card showing a simplified figure of a girl, with her lower half shaded orange to represent data. A horizontal line cuts across the middle of her body, ending in a dot labeled “58%.” The text above reads: “More than half of girls have experienced online harassment.” The UNFPA logo is at the bottom right corner.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 7d
⚠️ 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
A photo of four young Filipinos walking along a concrete path towards the camera. White text overlaid reads "Young people in the Philippines are leading initiatives to support adolescent health and rights". The white UNFPA logo is at the bottom.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 8d
🗣️ “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
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...
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 9d
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

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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...
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 16d
"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
A card featuring UNFPA Executive Director Ms. Diene Keita giving a speech at the General Assembly. The Secretary General, the President of the General Assembly and the Under-Secretary-General Department For General Assembly and Conference Management are seated behind her. Ms. Diene Keita's quote reads: "Let us place women and girls at the centre of our collective efforts and invest in their rights and choices—the foundation of justice, prosperity, and peace." There is a UNFPA logo in the bottom right corner.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 18d
🚫 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
An infographic card stating "1 in 5 girls around the world are married before the age of 18" with five circles, one colored orange to represent the statistic. There is an orange UNFPA logo at the bottom right.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 22d
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
A photo of a long line of people and vehicles on a road fleeing Gaza City. Along one side of the road is the rubble of ruined buildings and in the distance, a column of grey smoke rises into the sky from a cluster of buildings.
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 27d
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
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 26d
@tomfletcherun.bsky.social met survivors of gender-based violence yesterday at a safe space in #Haiti supported by @unfpa.org.

Their stories of suffering and gang violence left him determined to secure more resources to protect women and girls.

Learn more: unf.pa/fsr

📸: Vario Sérant
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 26d
“I saw our house had collapsed with my family underneath.”

Salma, 15, is among thousands of women and girls traumatized by the earthquake in #Afghanistan on August 31.

See how @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—is delivering emergency care: https://unf.pa/waa
“Women and girls are traumatized” after earthquake shatters communities in eastern Afghanistan
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – When 15-year-old Salma* said goodbye to her mother and siblings to spend the weekend at her grandmother’s house, she had no idea it would be the last time she would see t...
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 27d
Long distances and bad roads put lives at risk in #Benin.

🏍️ Bike ambulances are now helping new mothers receive life-saving care.

See how @unfpa.org—the #UnitesNations sexual and reproductive health agency—and Takeda are working to make #motherhood safer: https://t.co/rMKJDfM7ZC
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 28d
#Midwives are indispensable in maternal healthcare as they:

🟠 take care of women and newborns
🟠 provide family planning services
🟠 advance women’s and girls' rights

See how @unfpa.org —the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting their work: https://unf.pa/mid
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · 29d
Funding cuts are cuts to women’s:

🟠 survival
🟠 dignity
🟠 rights

Women in #Yemen are paying the price.

They need funding to be restored.

#InvestInHumanity
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · Sep 7
Hundreds of thousands of women and girls have fled #Sudan’s war, only to be faced with violence again in #Chad.

Read their stories and join @unfpa.org to help ensure justice for the survivors of sexual violence: https://unf.pa/srv

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#EndRapeInWar
Sudanese rape victims speak from Chad’s refugee camps
Hundreds of thousands of women and girls have fled Sudan’s war, only to be faced with violence again in Chad.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · Sep 5
Within hours of this week's earthquake in #Afghanistan, @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—deployed emergency response teams to provide lifesaving health and protection services to women and girls.

Get the full picture of our response: https://unf.pa/pwf
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · Sep 5
Contraception saves lives by ensuring healthy pregnancies and preventing infections.

This #WorldSexualHealthDay, see how @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—is protecting the fundamental right of #SexualJustice: https://unf.pa/wshd
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · Sep 3
Contraception isn't just about health—it's about freedom! ✨

With it, you're the one in control, shaping your own future.

Join @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—to champion bodily autonomy for all: https://unf.pa/wshd

#SexualJustice
A person in a red jacket smiling and servicing a contraception vending machine. The text on the image reads, "With contraception, you have the future in your hands." White UNFPA logo at the bottom right.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · Sep 2
Our hearts go out to all those affected by the 6.0 magnitude #earthquake that struck #Afghanistan.

@unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—is on the ground providing urgent care.
A black card with a checklist in white text which reads “UNFPA is responding to the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan by: providing lifesaving maternal and reproductive health services; deploying mobile health teams to reach remote survivors; distributing emergency health supplies, dignity kits, blankets and tarpaulins; providing psychosocial support services.” A white UNFPA logo is at the bottom.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · Sep 1
⚠️ Obstetric fistula is one of the most serious and tragic childbirth injuries.

But up to 95% of vaginal fistula can be closed surgically.

See what @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—is doing to #EndFistula"https://unf.pa/efq" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dFistula: https://unf.pa/efq
An orange background infographic states that "500,000 women and girls are estimated to be living with fistula globally". There is a white UNFPA logo at the bottom right.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · Aug 31
Enough is enough!

World leaders must:

🟠 stop attacks on healthcare

🟠 end impunity for perpetrators

🟠 impose consequences for breaching international law

Learn more from @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency: https://unf.pa/chh

#ActForHumanity
A photo of a partially visible incubator and hand, palm facing up, displaying a bullet casing for the camera. White text overlaid reads “VIOLENCE INFLICTED ON HEALTH FACILITIES DOUBLED BETWEEN 2023 AND 2024. Source: Insecurity Insight”. At the bottom is the white UNFPA logo and the words “WE DEMAND THOSE IN POWER #ActorHumanity”.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · Aug 31
🚫No food
🚫No clean water
🚫No safe space to play
🚫No access to education

Listen to Inas' plea for the children of #Gaza and help unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—deliver lifesaving care: https://unf.pa/lml

#CeasefireNow
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · Aug 30
Health workers in conflict zones deliver live-saving care to women and girls.

World leaders must protect them.

Let @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—explain what needs to change: https://unf.pa/chh

#ActForHumanity
A photo of a bombed building in Gaza with piles of rubble and sand in the foreground. A quote in white text overlaid reads “My home was bombed, resulting in the death of 10 of my family members. The pain and loss were overwhelming, but despite this tragedy, I continued my work.” Further white text below reads “Amal, a Case Manager at the Women’s Affairs Center in Bureij, Gaza”. At the bottom is the white UNFPA logo and the words “WE DEMAND THOSE IN POWER #ActorHumanity”.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · Aug 28
🏳️‍🌈 Schools are pivotal to helping end discrimination against #LGBTQIA+ people through inclusive #SexualityEducation 🧡

Join @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—in dispelling harmful myths: https://unf.pa/mta

#StandUp4HumanRights #SexEducation
Graphic illustrating a common myth versus fact about sex education, with a lightning bolt dividing the two. The top half includes the text "Myth: Sex education promotes LGBTQIA+ “lifestyles” among students" and the bottom half states "Fact: Sex education does not endorse any particular “lifestyle.” It promotes health and well-being for everyone, everywhere. It also acknowledges the need to safeguard the rights of LGBTQIA+ people." In the middle is the LGBTQIA+ rainbow flag and at the bottom, the UNFPA logo.
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · Aug 27
💭 Imagine a hunger that never ends, one that threatens your very life.

What would you wish for your next meal?

📽 See what Kareem is dreaming about and help @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—deliver lifesaving care: https://unf.pa/lml

#CeasefireNow
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UNFPA @unfpa.org · Aug 26
🚨 Women’s health and protection facilities have become battlegrounds.

It’s costing women their lives.

Join @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—in calling on world leaders to step up and provide protection: https://unf.pa/chh

#ActForHumanity
A photo of an ambulance parked outside a hospital with shattered windows. A quote in white text overlaid reads “It is terrifying when explosions hit because you fear for the life growing inside you. In every hospital room, we have an evacuation plan.” Further white text below reads “Olena, a mother in Kharkiv, Ukraine”. At the bottom is the white UNFPA logo and the words “WE DEMAND THOSE IN POWER #ActorHumanity”
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