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In Sudan, a UNFPA hospital helps women give birth safely despite flooding crisis
After being carried for three kilometres through the rain and mud, Nasreen Faroug Balla finally reached the hospital. She was eight months pregnant – and going into labour.
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As drought tightens its grip on Kenya, a motorcycle ambulance is helping women to access critical health care
“The hardship brought on by the drought has left many women weak and malnourished. I cannot imagine them giving birth without the support of a skilled health professional,” said Mark Epeyon, a community health volunteer…
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What does it mean to live in a world of 8 billion people, and counting?
Perhaps you’ve heard that we will soon overload the Earth’s carrying capacity – or that, on the contrary, population collapse will crash the global economy. What should you believe, and what should you do about it? Let…
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“Men will no longer do what they want with them”: Indigenous women in Brazil say enough to gender-based violence
“I saw the change in the women who didn't have courage, who cried with fear in a corner,” said Lutana Ribeiro, from Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s largest state of Amazonas.
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“A dream to achieve”: Making Myanmar more disability-inclusive
“I applied for a job at a local sewing shop. When they saw my physical impairment, they rejected my application without any other reason,” said Myo Myo, a 19-year-old woman living in Yangon, Myanmar.
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Severe drought fuels malnutrition and reduces hospital deliveries among pregnant women in Kenya’s Turkana County
“I have never experienced a drought as bad as this in my life,” 28-year-old Akure Ewar told UNFPA. At seven months pregnant, she complains that she is hungry and often feels dizzy when going about her day. “The dry…
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8 reasons for hope in the new year
“If it bleeds, it leads,” is an old newsroom adage, highlighting the media’s disproportionate attention given to grisly disasters. A look back at 2022 will surface many doom-laden headlines, grim pronouncements and dark…
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Child brides fight back against gender-based violence in Bangladesh
“I was married at the age of 14 and I lost my first child at 16 during pregnancy.” Ranu Chakma, now 18, says teenage motherhood is not uncommon in her village of Teknaf Upazila, on the southern coast of Bangladesh.
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“I never thought I would be pregnant at this age”
María Karla Crukshank Fuentevilla is 15 years old and 29 weeks pregnant. It has not been an easy pregnancy.
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