UN / TURKIYE EARTHQUAKE WOMEN GIRLS

16-Mar-2023 00:02:42
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Florence Bauer, said the needs in earthquake affected areas in Türkiye are, “tremendous,” and noted that “it's women and girls that are always the most affected.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / TÜRKIYE EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN
TRT: 02:05
SOURCE: UNIFEED / UNFPA
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNFPA ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 16 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN headquarters

16 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press room dais, Florence Bauer on screen
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Florence Bauer, Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):
“The needs are, of course, tremendous. We know that it's women and girls that are always the most affected as we know, in this kind of humanitarian situation. And that's, of course, what's happening here. So, UNFPA’s focus is of course, on this particular population, and even more, onto one sector really, amongst women and girls who are most vulnerable. So, I'm referring to migrants, refugees, to people with disabilities, to people who live in a situation of poverty, etcetera.”
4. Wide shot, press room dais, Bauer on screen
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Florence Bauer, Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):
“According to the latest numbers from OCHA, there are 160,000 pregnant women, so we can assess 18,000 are going to give birth the next month, and of course, they continue to give birth despite the terrible situation, they even give birth earlier than planned for many of them. So, we are providing supplies to the different maternities that have been damaged.”
6. Wide shot, press room dais, Bauer on screen
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Florence Bauer, Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):
“Another very important focus that will continue is on gender-based violence, because as I mentioned, we can see and we know, unfortunately, by experience, there is not a single place in the world where gender-based violence is not happening. And we know that this kind of humanitarian situation is going to increase the risk and in the number of victims, and we know that many of those services have been strongly affected and destroyed in some cases. So, we are also working to ensure that these kinds of services are going to be to be functioning.”
8. Wide shot, press room dais, end of briefing

FILE - UNFPA - 11 FEBRUARY 2023, REYHANLI, TÜRKIYE

9. Wide shot, truck driving into the loading area
10. Various shots, staff members exam UNFPA supplies

FILE - UNFPA - 12 FEBRUARY 2023, ALEPPO, SYRIA

10. Various shots, rubble
11. Wide shot, UNFPA van distributing supplies near shelter area
12. Med shot, UNFPA staff, affected people, tent
STORYLINE
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Florence Bauer today (16 Feb) said the needs in earthquake affected areas in Türkiye are, “tremendous,” and noted that “it's women and girls that are always the most affected.”

Talking to reporters in New York via video teleconference (VTC) from Türkiye, Bower said, “UNFPA’s focus is of course, on this particular population, and even more, onto one sector really, amongst women and girls who are most vulnerable. So, I'm referring to migrants, refugees, to people with disabilities, to people who live in a situation of poverty, etcetera.”

The UNFPA official said, “there are 160,000 pregnant women, so we can assess 18,000 are going to give birth the next month, and of course, they continue to give birth despite the terrible situation, they even give birth earlier than planned for many of them.”

UNFPA, she said, is providing supplies “to the different maternities that have been damaged.”

The agency, Bauer said, is also focused on gender-based violence, as in “this kind of humanitarian situation is going to increase the risk and in the number of victims, and we know that many of those services have been strongly affected and destroyed in some cases.”

She said, “we are also working to ensure that these kinds of services are going to be to be functioning.”

On 6 February, two big earthquakes with 7.8 and 7.6 magnitudes, respectively, hit areas of Türkiye and Syria.

UNFPA was immediately on the ground assessing the impact and preparing to support the emergency response in coordination with authorities and partners.

Thousands of buildings, including UNFPA-supported safe spaces for women and girls, were severely damaged or destroyed.

UNFPA’s urgent priority is to restore services that are crucial to the health and well-being of women and girls.
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