Yemen/Bangladesh/Ukraine – “A few weeks ago, a pregnant woman called me late at night in desperate need of help,” Molok told UNFPA. “This woman lives in a camp that intersects with the area of the clashes. I decided to go to her at night, sneaking on foot with one of her relatives.”
Molok is a 30-year-old midwife in Marib, Yemen. Since losing her husband to the country’s grinding war, she has been raising her two sons alone and supporting the family by working at a UNFPA mobile clinic.
After safely delivering the baby, she recalled, “I returned to my tent, sneaking also during the night. I heard the sounds of bullets near me. I was in great fear… Working in the area of clashes may mean life or death, but we bear full responsibility to save the lives of others who are in dire need of us.”