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Pandemic, conflict continue to upend life for women in Yemen
AL HUDAYAH, Yemen – Fatima Mujawash once had a very different life. She was well educated, with a…
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Motherhood on the brink: Pregnant women in Yemen under famine and violence
CRATER, Yemen – “It was the morning of a normal working day before fighting escalated close to the…
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In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the heaviest price
IBB, Yemen – Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani remembers meeting Abia* at Al Mawa Camp in Ibb. Abia was 15…
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Reproductive health facilities resume life-saving work, but funding remains scarce
SANA’A, Yemen – In mid-May, just as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Yemen, funding for UNFPA’s…
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Against the odds, delivering mental health support in Yemen
SANA’A, Yemen – Years of war, poverty and gender-based violence have taken a serious toll on the…
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From child bride to fearless face mask maker: Yemen’s safe spaces help women reclaim their lives
SANA’A, Yemen – Salwa, 35, has survived child marriage, three abusive husbands, crushing poverty…
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A matter of life and death for Yemen’s women and girls as funding dries up
Hajjah, Yemen – In mid-May, just as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Yemen, funding for UNFPA’s…
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In Yemen and around the world, obstetric fistula strikes the most vulnerable women
AL HUDAYDAH, Yemen – Five years ago, Marwa* was a child bride living in the port city of Al…
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With Yemen’s health system approaching a breaking point, displaced women sew face masks to protect community
SANA’A, Yemen – With more than…
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