US EditionIn Lebanon shelters, women care for tiny babies, face pregnancy
UNFPA says 13,500 pregnant women are displaced and 1,500 are due within 30 days as shelters struggle to provide privacy and care.
- Mariam Zein cradled her 11-week-old son on a mattress in a shelter near Beirut, where her family has sheltered since the Israel-Hezbollah war upended her young family's life.
- According to the United Nations Population Fund, an estimated 620,000 women and girls are displaced across Lebanon, including 13,500 pregnant women, of whom 1,500 are expected to give birth within the next 30 days.
- Heavily pregnant Ghada Issa, 36, lives in a cramped tent at a school-turned-shelter in Beirut, stating, "this place, this environment, is not for pregnant women," while navigating shared communal facilities.
- Obstetrician Theresia Nassar works with mobile clinics supported by Caritas Lebanon to fill healthcare gaps, warning, "We're not just worried about physical health but also their mental health," as displaced women struggle to access care.
- Ghada Fadel, 36, cares for her tiny twin sons in a Sidon classroom after fleeing her border village, saying, "After we left the house, they bombed it. The house is gone.
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When Israel’s attacks began in Lebanon, Mariam Zein fled with her baby, her husband and several close to a shelter in Beirut, becoming one of more than 140,000 people who now take refuge in Reception Centers outside the capital. “I was very excited when I was in my ninth month of pregnancy, wishing to give birth and watch my baby grow up at home. I never thought this situation would happen,” said Mariam Zein. In that sense, Zein explained that s…
Since 2 March, more than one million Lebanese have fled the bombings linked to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Among them, thousands of pregnant women forced to give birth in overcrowded centres, often without care or privacy, like Mariam Zein, 26, refugee near Beirut with her newborn.
Amid relentless attacks: In Lebanon shelters, women care for tiny babies, face pregnancy
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