International bodies in Somalia
UNFPA in Somalia: mothers' health, population data and gender-based violence
UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, works in Somalia on safe childbirth, family planning, gender-based violence and population data. It ran the 2014 Population Estimation Survey and supported the 2020 health survey with the government.
What it does
UNFPA describes itself as the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, with the mission of a world where "every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled" (UNFPA Somalia). In Somalia its work covers:
- Mothers' health: midwives, safe delivery and family planning.
- Gender-based violence: services for survivors, and quarterly situation briefs. Its latest covers April to September 2026 (UNFPA Somalia).
- Female genital mutilation: campaigns asking parents to pledge not to cut their daughters (UNFPA Somalia).
- Youth: UNFPA reports that Somalia launched a Youth, Peace and Security Action Plan, and it has called for youth leadership and women's economic inclusion (UNFPA Somalia).
- Population data: UNFPA ran the 2014 Population Estimation Survey and supported the 2020 Somali Health and Demographic Survey with the government (this site's international bodies page).
What it reports
UNFPA reports that northern and central Somalia face a compounding crisis of droughts and floods, and that women and girls are taking part in flood preparedness (UNFPA Somalia).
The money
OCHA's Financial Tracking Service (FTS) records humanitarian funding that donors and agencies report to it. It is not the whole budget of an organisation, and recent years are still being filled in. FTS lists these amounts received by UNFPA for work in Somalia (OCHA FTS):
| Year | Humanitarian funding recorded (US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.7 million |
| 2025 | 7.8 million |
| 2026, to November | 2.4 million |
The same figures for 212 organisations are on this site's aid funding list.
How the work is shared
UNFPA works with the federal Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Family and Human Rights, the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the National Bureau of Statistics, which now leads population data work.
How to use it
The gender-based violence situation briefs and other reports are on UNFPA's Somalia site (UNFPA Somalia).
Sources
- UNFPA Somalia · somalia.unfpa.org
- UNFPA Somalia · somalia.unfpa.org
- OCHA FTS · fts.unocha.org
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- Every aid organisation funded in Somalia, 2024 to 2026: UN agencies and NGOs by money receivedA directory of every UN agency, international NGO, Somali NGO and other body recorded as receiving humanitarian funding for Somalia in 2024, 2025 and 2026, with the amounts from the UN Financial Tracking Service and a CSV download.
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- OCHA in Somalia and the Somalia Humanitarian FundWhat OCHA does in Somalia: coordination, the 2026 aid plan, the Somalia Humanitarian Fund, who leads it, and its funding 2024 to 2026.