UN reproductive health agency calls for $1.2 billion to support women and girls affected by crisis
The Humanitarian Action Overview 2023 To be UNFPA‘S Biggest call ever and that includes $289 million in Afghanistan, $70 million in Ukraine, $62 million in Somalia, and $23 million in Haiti.
As the world faces many intertwined crises, this agency calls for predictable and flexible humanitarian funding to save lives and ensure that the rights and needs of women and girls are protected and met.
Crisis intensifies, devastating impact
The past year has seen a staggering increase in global demand, with the number of people forced to relocate worldwide for the first time in history surpassing 100 million.
Deadly droughts have wreaked havoc from Pakistan to the Horn of Africa, while the war in Ukraine has increased the number of migrants globally and exacerbated food insecurity, including in developing countries. countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia and Yemen.
Meanwhile, conflict and instability continue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Ethiopia, Haiti and elsewhere.
Provide salvation, restore hope
These crises had a devastating impact on the health and rights of women and girlsCalling on the international community to secure the vital life-saving services they require is at the heart of the humanitarian response, UNFPA said.
This agency must continue to provide lifesaving solutions, restore hope, and move forward. speak. “We depend on the strong financial and political support of our partners, because women and girls depend on us.”
Extended support
This funding will enable UNFPA and its partners to scale up the delivery of integrated reproductive health services to meet the immediate needs of women, girls and young people in an emergency.
These services include maternal health care and urgent obstetric care, as well as family planning and the prevention and response to gender-based violence, including medical and psychological support. social science.
In 2022, UNFPA and its partners – including women-led civil society organizations – helped save the lives of more than 30 million women, girls and young people.
Approximately two million people benefit from gender-based violence prevention and response services in 46 countries, while 1.4 million pregnant women receive assisted delivery safely in facilities provided by the government. UNFPA provides support in 29 countries.
The UN agency also supported 1,000 safe spaces in 42 countries and distributed dignity kits – including hygiene items such as underwear, soap and tampons – to women and children. girls in 42 countries.
In addition, more than 42,000 healthcare workers received training in the minimal initial package of reproductive health emergency services, including clinical management of rape cases.
Dignity kits, containing menstrual health and hygiene products, are distributed to adolescent women and girls along with life-saving information, including available services.
