Women are the fabric that holds families and communities together.

Everywhere in the world, women weave and mend the social fabric of our communities. When emergencies strike, women overcome immense obstacles to provide care and safety for others – even as their own vulnerability to poverty, malnutrition, sexual violence and exploitation, sexually transmitted infections, unplanned pregnancy and unassisted childbirth increases.
In Northern Kenya, during the famine that struck the Horn of Africa, I met Hawa Ali who was pregnant with triplets. Suffering from
malnutrition, 27-year-old Hawa had been in a UNFPA-supported maternity shelter for four months because of the high risks
associated with her pregnancy. Thanks to this shelter, Hawa was able to deliver safely and receive the postnatal care she needed.

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