The Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development signed Thursday a Grant Agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) worth $1.2 million to contribute to the rehabilitation and maintenance of homes for displaced persons in Yemen.
The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 48,515, and the number of injuries has risen to 111,941, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation's genocidal war on October 7, 2023.
The Qatar Central Bank's (QCB) international reserves and foreign currency liquidity increased by 3.81 percent in February to 255.916 billion riyals, compared to 246.509 billion riyals in the same month last year.
Saudi Arabia's Al-Taawoun qualified for the AFC Champions League semi-finals after defeating Iran's Tractor S. 4-2 on penalties, after both teams finished 2-2 after regulation and extra time.
The USAID provides UNFPA with $7 million to support women in Yemen
[09/09/2022 02:02]
ADEN-SABA
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) provided the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) with $7 million to aid about one and half million of vulnerable women and girls in Yemen in the coming 12 months.
The UNFPA stated in a press release learned by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) this amount is intended to improve reproductive health services in 8 hospitals and 4 movable clinics and 6 safe areas for women and girls.
There are as many as 8 Yemeni women and girls are in need of reproductive health services, while one out of five health centers are capable to offer motherhood and childhood health services, according to the UNFPA office in Yemen.
The UNFPA reported that there are approximately 6.5 million Yemeni women and girls are lacking preventive and treatment services from gender-based violence.
There are also some 4.3 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) due to the ongoing armed conflict in the country.
The UNFPA stated that it needs $66 million to fiancé its Live-Saving Response Plan in the reproductive health and women protection in Yemen within the three upcoming months.