Six weeks after the catastrophic earthquakes in Myanmar on 28 March 2025, women and girls from impacted communities still urgently require healthcare and protection support. 6.3 million people, of which 4.6 million are women of reproductive age, are in urgent need of assistance and protection. The early onset of the monsoon season has increased hardships for families in overcrowded tents and shelters, heightening health and safety risks, especially for women and girls.
UNFPA is supporting access to obstetric and newborn care through improved referral networks, cash and voucher assistance, provision of clean delivery kits, essential supplies, and dissemination of information and education communication materials. Since the start of the response, UNFPA has reached 22,272 people with sexual and reproductive health services.
Almost 20,000 people have also received integrated gender-based violence (GBV) services through UNFPA-supported women and girls safe spaces and mobile teams providing GBV case management, mental health and psychosocial support, and facilitating referrals. UNFPA also conducted a psychological first aid training with participants from 15 humanitarian organizations to strengthen frontline psychosocial response capacity.
UNFPA’s emergency response plan for April to September 2025 requires US$12 million to reinforce and expand immediate, life-saving health and protection services to women and girls in Myanmar. To date, US$3.7 million has been secured. With the humanitarian crisis worsening and the monsoon season approaching, flexible funding is urgently needed to sustain essential services.
