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09 August 2021
Press Release
UNFPA Turkey Empowers Young Refugees with the Support of the Government of Japan
There are 1,7 million young refugees in Turkey. Young refugees are among the most vulnerable groups in Turkey as they face various challenges in areas of protection, health,…
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04 August 2021
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Healing lives through support and hope
Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011, almost 13,5 million Syrian have been forcibly displaced, more than 6,5 million of whom had to flee their home country in search…
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30 July 2021
News
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 a pandemic in a very short…
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09 July 2021
Press Release
World Population Day 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic may have lasting consequences on the world population. During the pandemic, disruptions in accessing reproductive health services and family planning methods…
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30 June 2021
News
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 under temporary protection. 20%…
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12 May 2021
News
5 Women, 5 Stories...
Young, elderly, poor, wealthy, migrant, refugee, educated, uneducated, with disabilities or white collar… Physical, sexual, psychological or economic, gender-based violence…
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07 May 2021
News
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 intensified…
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05 May 2021
News
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 too. During the pandemic, they…
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05 May 2021
Press Release
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.
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