United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) which is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency launched its 2026 appeal seeking US$1 billion to reach 34 million women, girls and young people across 42 countries including Yemen.
The agency reported recently that during 2025 it responded to crises in 50 countries and reached more than 6.2 million people with sexual and reproductive health services, and helped more than 2.9 million women and girls to access gender-based violence prevention and response services.
According to UNFPA’s report “Amid extraordinary strain on humanitarian systems, it helped keep 2,800 health facilities functioning and 1,300 safe spaces open, ensuring that even in crises, women and girls could access care and protection, and have the chance to rebuild their lives.
These results, according to the report, were delivered in close collaboration with local partners, who received 30 per cent of UNFPA humanitarian funding in 2025.
Fully aligned with the Global Humanitarian Overview led by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), this is a focused and streamlined humanitarian appeal — a reflection not of all that is needed, but of what absolutely cannot be left unfunded.
“Funding this appeal will save and improve lives, and be the true measure of our collective resolve to stand by women, girls and young people in dire need when it matters most”, the report concluded.