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30 July 2021
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UNFPA supports Turkey’s COVID-19 response in the remotest areas

UNFPA supports Turkey’s COVID-19 response in the remotest areas

Since 2020, the world has been struggling with one of the most infectious viruses in world history, the COVID-19 pandemic. While the virus has become... Read more

9 July 2021
Press Release
World Population Day 2021

World Population Day 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic may have lasting consequences on the world population. During the pandemic, disruptions in accessing reproductive health... Read more

30 June 2021
News
Women and Youth Support Center raises hope for refugees

Women and Youth Support Center raises hope for refugees

Hosting the largest number of refugees in the world, Turkey provides shelter to approximately 4 million refugees, 3.6 million of whom are Syrians... Read more

12 May 2021
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5 Women, 5 Stories...

5 Women, 5 Stories...

Young, elderly, poor, wealthy, migrant, refugee, educated, uneducated, with disabilities or white collar… Physical, sexual, psychological or economic... Read more

7 May 2021
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In crisis after crisis, mothers around the world are asked to do the impossible

In crisis after crisis, mothers around the world are asked to do the impossible

UNITED NATIONS, New York ‒ “We were all alone, all the time,” Tatuli Paghava, 31, told UNFPA in Georgia, explaining how the COVID-19 pandemic has... Read more

5 May 2021
News
Umut is giving a newborn to her mother after the birth ©️ UNFPA Turkey

The Story of Umut Midwife: Bringing New Lives to the World During the Pandemic

In helping ease new life into the world, midwives continue to work with devotion and sacrifice by putting their own health at risk in COVID-19 times... Read more

5 May 2021
Press Release
New UNFPA report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives

New UNFPA report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives

Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, and newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year...

28 April 2021
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Distinguished Actress Hazal Kaya became the new Honorary Ambassador of UNFPA Turkey!

Distinguished Actress Hazal Kaya became the new Honorary Ambassador of UNFPA Turkey!

The press launch was held with the participation of UNFPA Turkey Representative Hassan Mohtashami, Deputy Representative Zeynep Başarankut Kan and... Read more

14 April 2021
Press Release
My Body Is My Own: 2021 State of World Population Report is published!

My Body Is My Own: 2021 State of World Population Report is published!

Nearly half of all women are denied their bodily autonomy, says new United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, report, My Body is My Own. Violations... Read more

31 March 2021
Press Release
UNFPA and SGDD-ASAM support refugees with disabilities together with the European Union

UNFPA and SGDD-ASAM support refugees with disabilities together with the European Union

In Turkey, 450,000 refugees live with disabilities. Many of them don’t have enough information about available services or cannot access them. The... Read more

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