Women and girls caught up in Yemen’s ‘forgotten crisis’ bear the heaviest toll as funding falls

UN News Middle East·June 12, 2026Human Rights

Yemen remains gripped by one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with 22 million – out of a population of 35 million – requiring assistance. Women and girls account for half of those in need, and two-thirds of them are of childbearing age, placing reproductive health at the heart of the emergency.

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