News

The Very Important Girls Group: Investing in youth to invest in the future of Tanzania

15 June 2016
The Action for Adolescent Girls initiative has reached thousands of girls in the Shinyanga region Tanzania since launching there in 2012. © UNFPA Tanzania
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News

Caring for the crisis-affected mothers of Quneitra, Syria

13 June 2016
Women recover in the UNFPA-supported hospital in Quneitra. Over 600 babies were born there in the first quarter of 2016. © UNFPA/a UNFPA partner organization
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News

Midwives deployed in Uganda to prevent ‘social calamity’

10 June 2016
Carolyn Akello became a midwife after attending the funeral of a woman who died in childbirth. Midwives like Ms. Akello are working to end preventable maternal deaths in Uganda. © UNFPA
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News

Ending AIDS through integrated care: Combining sexual and reproductive health and HIV services in Malawi

09 June 2016
A nurse at Malawi's Mzenga Health Centre talks to a young couple about sexual and reproductive health. © UNFPA Malawi/Henry Chimbali
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Video

Safe birth, even here

June 9, 2016

Over 500 women die in pregnancy or childbirth every day in humanitarian and fragile settings.

All women – even those caught in conflicts, disasters or other crises – should be able to give birth safely. UNFPA is working with partners to deliver care to pregnant women and new mothers in even the most treacherous situations. Learn more here. 

Resources

Contraceptive Price Indicator 2015

Resource date: 2016

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Contraceptive Price Indicator for the year 2015

News

Global leaders sign unprecedented commitment to address the needs of youth in crisis settings

03 June 2016
Youth volunteers help lead the response to Myanmar's Cyclone Komen in 2015. © UNFPA Myanmar
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News

Rebuilding Syria through innovation: Empowering Syrian youth to become entrepreneurs

01 June 2016
Leen Darwish, age 23, is launching a new app and web-based computer coding course. © UNFPA Syria
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Publications

Funding Proposal UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation (Phase II)

Publication date: 02 June 2014

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA and UNICEF

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News

Meeting the needs of Ecuador’s women and girls in the aftermath of three earthquakes

27 May 2016
An estimated 750,000 people have been impacted by the earthquakes in Ecuador. © UNFPA Ecuador/David Lassa
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