News

5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls

20 May 2019
Midwifery students at the Hargeisa Institute of Health Sciences in Somaliland learn how to assist in case of childbirth complications caused by female genital mutilation. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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News

In China, women work to raise the status of girls

13 May 2019
Today, Ms. Wen and Ms. Yan see eye-to-eye on the equality of women and girls. © Dushan Township Family Planning Office/Zhang Min
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Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia 17 May 2019

17 May 2019
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Updates

Columbia University Student joins Minister from Sweden at 15th Salas Memorial Lecture

14 May 2019
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News

Safe pregnancies for displaced mothers as mobile clinics reach deep into Kachin camps

14 May 2019
Without visiting the mobile clinic, Ja Htoi's condition would have gone unnoticed. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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Video

"We are not in a safe place": Survivors struggle in aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth

May 14, 2019

In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, survivors of Cyclone Kenneth share their struggles about living in crowded shelters. UNFPA is responding with maternal health support and other services.

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As Cyclone Idai batters maternity ward, midwives tirelessly save lives

May 5, 2019

This International Day of the Midwife, meet Adelaide, a midwife in Mozambique who delivered life-saving care to mothers and newborns as Cyclone Idai lashed at her maternity centre. As waters rose and the roof threatened to collapse, she delivered four babies.

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