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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
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
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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
@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
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
September 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
@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
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
“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
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...
unf.pa
September 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“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
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
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
🏍️ 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
September 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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
🏍️ 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
#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
🟠 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
September 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
#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
🟠 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
Funding cuts are cuts to women’s:
🟠 survival
🟠 dignity
🟠 rights
Women in #Yemen are paying the price.
They need funding to be restored.
#InvestInHumanity
🟠 survival
🟠 dignity
🟠 rights
Women in #Yemen are paying the price.
They need funding to be restored.
#InvestInHumanity
September 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Funding cuts are cuts to women’s:
🟠 survival
🟠 dignity
🟠 rights
Women in #Yemen are paying the price.
They need funding to be restored.
#InvestInHumanity
🟠 survival
🟠 dignity
🟠 rights
Women in #Yemen are paying the price.
They need funding to be restored.
#InvestInHumanity
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
✍ @caitlin-kelly.bsky.social
🗞 @aljazeera.com
#EndRapeInWar
Read their stories and join @unfpa.org to help ensure justice for the survivors of sexual violence: https://unf.pa/srv
✍ @caitlin-kelly.bsky.social
🗞 @aljazeera.com
#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.
unf.pa
September 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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
✍ @caitlin-kelly.bsky.social
🗞 @aljazeera.com
#EndRapeInWar
Read their stories and join @unfpa.org to help ensure justice for the survivors of sexual violence: https://unf.pa/srv
✍ @caitlin-kelly.bsky.social
🗞 @aljazeera.com
#EndRapeInWar
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
Get the full picture of our response: https://unf.pa/pwf
September 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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
Get the full picture of our response: https://unf.pa/pwf