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Returning to life with support of social services
Turkey has been hosting the largest number of refugees globally with close to 4 million refugees and asylum-seekers, including 3.6 million Syrians.... Read more
Our research on the needs of women health workers in the COVID-19 pandemic is out!
“The Research on Specialized Needs of Women Health Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic” conducted by the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA Turkey... Read more
New UNFPA data reveals that nearly 12 million women lost access to contraception due to disruptions caused by the pandemic, leading to 1.4 million unintended pregnancies
New York, 11 March 2021 - UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, released new data today indicating that nearly 12 million women in 115... Read more
The last 25 years of child marriages in Turkey
One in every five children in the world is married. Every year, 12 million girls become deprived of many fundamental rights, especially education,... Read more
We Will Leave No One Behind!
At the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every... Read more
Surveys in Covid-19 and Post Covid-19 Days study is out!
ANKARA – “Surveys in Covid-19 and Post Covid-19 Days” study which was prepared by Hacettepe University of Institute Population Studies (HUIPS) with... Read more
They got married at early ages and fight against child marriage now
In Turkey, one in five women who are currently 20-49 years old, married under the age of 18. One-third of girls who got married before the age of 18... Read more
UNFPA Turkey continues to work for ending child marriage
Around the world, about one in five children is married. 9 out of every 10 children who got married at childhood age are girls. Child marriage is one... Read more
Not Your Happily Ever After
Guardian angels may be the stuff of fairytales, but girls in the real world need someone on their side, too. Through a UNFPA-run safe space, Hele, an Iraqi teen migrant living in Turkey, was able to... Read more
An Adolescent Girl Building Robots and Resilience in the Face of War
Every year, millions of women and girls across the world are kept away from science and technology. This is due to long-standing biases and gender stereotypes, in addition to a lack of resources,... Read more