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Throughout this Mother’s Day season, we’ve shared a lot of stories recently of women and girls living through natural disasters, warfare, and humanitarian crises around the world.

Like Ifrah's, who was on the brink of starvation when she fled her home in Somalia to seek refuge at a camp for displaced peoples. Millions of women and girls like Ifrah across the Horn of Africa spend hours a day securing food and water, suffer from violence, and even experience pregnancy complications due to malnourishment.

We shared Maryna’s story — who took cover with her newborn in a cold basement that had been converted into a bomb shelter, before fleeing the city as northern Ukraine came under siege.

And Busenya’s who was forced to flee her home in Adıyaman, Türkiye, while heavily pregnant after devastating earthquakes decimated the city.

And tragically, the story of a pregnant woman in Sudan who was killed in the crossfire after an outbreak of military violence. UNFPA medical staff were miraculously able to help save her baby.

While the world looks elsewhere, we think it’s important to share the stories of the women and girls living through warfare and crises that too often go unnoticed — do you agree?

Today, we want to hear from you: Should we continue shining a light on the most dangerous regions for women and girls? Take our short survey to share your response: [[link removed]]

TAKE THE SURVEY [[link removed]]

UNFPA is working in more than 150 countries to ensure every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every woman and girl can live free from violence. We are:

*
Operating
motorcycle
ambulance
systems
in
the
Horn
of
Africa
to
reach
women
and
girls
in
even
the
most
hard-to-reach
locations.
*
Supporting
maternity
hospitals
in
Ukraine
,
expanding
access
to
free
and
quality
reproductive
health
services,
and
providing
hospitals
with
essential
supplies.
*
Opening
emergency
clinics
and
deploying
midwives
across
Syria
and
Türkiye
,
where
childbirth
can
quickly
become
a
death
sentence
after
horrific
earthquakes
decimated
health
care
systems.
*
Providing
direct
support
to
pregnant
women
giving
birth
during
war
in
Sudan
,
establishing
new
phone
lines
to
deliver
midwife
assistance
for
home
births,
and
scaling
up
mental
health
counseling
for
those
impacted
by
violence.

We think sharing the stories of women impacted by warfare, violence, and extreme drought is a critical way to uplift our mission. Please, let us know if you agree by taking our survey → [[link removed]]

Thank you for your support,

— USA for UNFPA
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