Companies pledge to help reduce childbirth deaths in crisis settings

21 September 2016

Residents flee brutal violence in the Rutshuru territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2012. Women give birth, even in wartime and disasters. © UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti

News

African presidents urge investment in youth as continent sees rare demographic opportunity

20 September 2016

World Bank Vice President Keith Hansen, President Idriss Déby of Chad, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and moderator Folly Bah Thibault (left to right) at a high-level dialogue on achieving the demographic dividend. © UNFPA/Koye Adeboye

News

World leaders adopt ground-breaking plan to address refugee and migrant crisis

19 September 2016

A ground-breaking declaration on the rights of migrants and refugees was adopted today at the United Nations General Assembly. © UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Video

Saving lives through mentoring

September 15, 2016

In Burkina Faso, a mentoring programme for midwives is saving the lives of women and newborns.

News

As displacements soar, Juba’s burdened clinics improvise to keep childbirth safe

16 September 2016

A midwife delivers a baby at a health facility in Juba. At UNFPA-supported health facilities in Juba's protection camps, many of the midwives are themselves displaced people. © UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Calaguian Alano

Publications

2015 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Metrics of Progress, Moments of Change

Number of pages: 60

Publication date: 01 August 2016

Author: UNFPA and UNICEF

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News

Young people take the lead against Zika in Brazil

15 September 2016

Young members of REPROTAI, a UNFPA-supported youth organization, head to the Lobato neighbourhood of Salvador. They are raising awareness of how to prevent the spread of Zika. © UNFPA/Tatiana Almeida

Resources

Ukraine Humanitarian Newsletter, Issue 04, September 2016

Resource date: 15 September 2016

Author: UNFPA Ukraine

UNFPA has delivered a total of 370 sexual and reproductive health kits (including for post-rape treatment) and 38,000 gynaecological kits to hospitals and clinics in conflict-affected regions of eastern Ukraine since beginning its humanitarian response in September 2014.

These supplies, delivered as part of UNFPA’s continuing work with Ukraine’s Ministry of Social Policy to address the needs of the most vulnerable, help ensure access to reproductive health services and save the lives of mothers and newborns.

News

The first rule of the married girls’ club is: empower girls

14 September 2016

Fatuma Ahmed was subjected to female genital mutilation and child marriage. She is now a member of a "married girls' club," where she and other child brides advocate against these harmful practices. © UNFPA/Abraham Gelaw

News

Refugee mother and daughter fight rocketing rates of child marriage

08 September 2016

Saba and her mother speak out against child marriage, encouraging families to educate their daughters instead. © UNFPA Jordan/Sima Diab

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