Monthly Archives: November 2016

UN agency responding to severe health risks women and girls face during Mosul military operation

UN agency responding to severe health risks women and girls face during Mosul military operation
The United Nations estimates that 1.2 to 1.5 million people are currently being affected by the military operations underway to retake Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS or Da’esh), some quarter million of which are women who potentially need reproductive health services and care for gender-based violence.
UN agency responding to severe health risks women and girls face during Mosul military operation
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UNICEF sounds alarm over safety of children in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

UNICEF sounds alarm over safety of children in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Expressing concern for the safety of children in the northern part of Myanmar’s Rakhine state which is in the midst of “security operations,” the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called upon the Government to protect children there from all forms of violence and to support prompt and independent investigations into reports of grave violations against them.
UNICEF sounds alarm over safety of children in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Aiming to curb pregnancy risks and improve overall experience, UN launches new prenatal care model

Aiming to curb pregnancy risks and improve overall experience, UN launches new prenatal care model
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced a new prenatal care model, designed to enhance pregnancy the experience for women, and reduce the risk of stillbirths and other complications.
Aiming to curb pregnancy risks and improve overall experience, UN launches new prenatal care model
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UNICEF renews call for protection of children after kindergarten hit in deadly Damascus attack

UNICEF renews call for protection of children after kindergarten hit in deadly Damascus attack
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that a kindergarten in Harasta, Rural Damascus, was reportedly hit in an attack yesterday, killing at least four children and injuring many others.
UNICEF renews call for protection of children after kindergarten hit in deadly Damascus attack
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UN agency working to address women’s health and protection needs in storm-hit Haiti

UN agency working to address women’s health and protection needs in storm-hit Haiti
With some 546,000 women of reproductive age in Haiti affected by Hurricane Matthew, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has urged greater attention to women’s vulnerability in the aftermath of the storm, which devastated not only people’s livelihoods but health facilities and other infrastructure.
UN agency working to address women’s health and protection needs in storm-hit Haiti
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Displaced amid Mosul offensive, 9,700 children in urgent need of aid, says UNICEF

Displaced amid Mosul offensive, 9,700 children in urgent need of aid, says UNICEF
Some 20,700 people have been displaced since the operation to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from terrorists started on 17 October, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today, estimating that 9,700 of them are children in urgent need of assistance.
Displaced amid Mosul offensive, 9,700 children in urgent need of aid, says UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population