UNFPA Calls for Funds to Protect Syrian Women & Girls in Refugee Camps

Over 2 million Syrian women and girls of reproductive age need assistance, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said as it called this week for some $81 million in funding to provide them with access to health and protection from gender violence. “Every Syrian woman must have access to affordable reproductive healthcare and be protected from gender-based violence,” said UNFPA’s Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin. Osotimehin added that the number of... [Reuters, via AVR Monitor]