Maputo – Additional funding from the Government of Norway of $1.1 million USD will enable UNFPA to support the Government of Mozambique to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak, with a focus on ensuring the health, protection and safety of 500,000 women and girls in Cyclone Idai and Kenneth affected areas.

Women and girls pay a high price during humanitarian crises – being more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications to experiencing increased risks of gender-based violence (GBV). Understanding these known challenges, the additional funding mitigates these consequences and increases the availability of services, care and support, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and protection and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention, in Sofala and Cabo Delgado Provinces.

“Norway is fully committed to supporting those responding to the needs of vulnerable girls and women who are already recovering from devastating Cyclones, and are now faced with the