Updates

Canada supports greater access to contraceptives and medicines for women and girls worldwide

13 Nov 2018
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem (left) with Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canada’s Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, at the fifth International Conference on Family Planning in Kigali, Rwanda. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet
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News

Looming famine threatens the lives of 2 million pregnant women and new mothers in Yemen

09 November 2018
Some 1.1 million pregnant and lactating women are acutely malnourished, heightening the risk of life-threatening complications during pregnancy and labour. © UNFPA Yemen
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Publications

Delivering Supplies When Crisis Strikes

Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings

Number of pages: 64

Publication date: 12 November 2018

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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Resources

UNFPA 2017 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Management Plan

Resource date: 2018

Author: Yunjing Li and Qiao Li, UNFPA Environmental Sustainability Team

Publisher: UNFPA

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Publications

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings

A Companion to the Inter-Agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings

Number of pages: 92

Publication date: 01 January 2009

Author: UNFPA, Save the Children USA

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Events

2018 International Conference on Family Planning

calendar_today12 November - 15 November 2018

location_onKigali. Rwanda

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“I had no idea what was happening” – Menstrual health needs surge for refugees

05 November 2018
During conflict, the most intimate – and taboo – health needs of women and girls are often overlooked. Marie Anny, 13, is one of 7,000 women and girls of reproductive age in Angola's Lóvua refugee settlement. © UNFPA Angola
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Five things you didn’t know about disability and sexual violence

30 October 2018
Young people with disabilities face staggering rights violations, including being cut off from education and health care, and subjected to sexual violence. © UNFPA/Théodore Somda
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News

For girls escaping FGM in rural Tanzania, crowdsourced maps show the way to safety

22 October 2018
Ending FGM takes a multi-pronged approach – from offering a refuge for girls at acute risk to engaging families and communities to raise awareness of the harm it causes, and transform the social norms that uphold the practice. Here, girls in Tanzania’s Mara region participate in an alternative rites of passage camp at the UNFPA-supported Masanga Centre. © UNFPA/Mandela Gregoire
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Publications

Business Plan: The Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund

Business Plan Phase III, (2018-2022)

Number of pages: 63

Publication date: 19 October 2018

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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