Images from Darfur: UNFPA photo-exhibit January 2008
Darfur January 2008 - Photographer Jon Nicholson traveled to Darfur to document the continuing crisis and UNFPA’s efforts to ease the suffering of the most vulnerable women and their families. To view his interactive exhibition, “Images from Darfur,” or to find out more about how you can help the women of Darfur, visit UNFPA site.
Since 2003, over 200,000 people have been killed in the Darfur region of Sudan. More than two million have been displaced. Violence against civilians, much of it targeted against women, has been an ongoing feature of the conflict.
Thousands of women have been raped. Villages have burned to the ground, and people have been forced to flee. Many families have been on the run for years, settling in informal settlements or in camps throughout Darfur.
As part of a coordinated, interagency relief effort, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, addresses the specific needs of women, including maternal and reproductive health and vulnerability to gender-based violence. UNFPA and its humanitarian partners seek to support women and their loved ones by identifying and responding to their particular needs.
Photographer Jon Nicholson traveled to Darfur to document the continuing crisis and UNFPA’s efforts to ease the suffering of the most vulnerable women and their families. To view his interactive exhibition, “Images from Darfur,” or to find out more about how you can help the women of Darfur, visit www.unfpa.org
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