UNFPA and Philips to co-create innovative health solutions for women and girls

21 Sep 2018

“We see huge potential in this thought partnership for innovation,” said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem (right), with Henk Siebren de Jong, Chief of International Markets for Royal Philips (left). © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet

Updates

Zonta International brings a global community of professional women to the fight to end child marriage

20 Nov 2018

The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage provides services and support for adolescent girls and also engages communities to change social norms that perpetuate the practice, including through girls’ clubs that member Merhawit Mezgebe says are helping to stamp out child marriage in her district in Ethiopia. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw

Publications

South-South and Triangular Cooperation In Action

Sexual and Reproductive Health

Number of pages: 72

Publication date: 30 November 2018

Author: UNFPA Policy and Strategy Division

Publisher: UNFPA and the UN Office for South-South Cooperation

News

“I was a little girl taking care of other kids” – After violence and neglect, women in Morocco find space to heal

12 December 2018

Nuzha was barely six years old when her father forced her into domestic labour to support her siblings. “I was responsible for feeding the whole family,” she told UNFPA. © UNFPA Morocco

Publications

The Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2017

Number of pages: 64

Publication date: 25 October 2018

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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News

Ninety per cent of Sri Lankan women endure sexual harassment on public transport, UNFPA study shows

08 March 2017

Sexual harassment is rampant on Sri Lanka's public transport system, with far-reaching effects on their jobs, educations and lives. © UNFPA Sri Lanka

Updates

Norway supports the health, protection and empowerment of adolescents and youth in Ethiopia

07 Dec 2018

The agreement was signed on 22 November in Addis Ababa, by (from left) Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF Representative to Ethiopia; Merete Lundemo, Ambassador of the Royal Norwegian Embassy to Ethiopia; Hiwot Hailu, State Minister of Women, Children and Youth Affairs of Ethiopia; and UNFPA Country Representative Bettina Maas. © UNICEF Ethiopia

Resources

Gender-based violence in humanitarian settings

Resource date: 01 December 2014

Author: UNFPA

Updates

Canada convenes parliamentarians to accelerate achievement of ICPD Programme of Action

23 Nov 2018

Parliamentarians and experts from over 70 countries assembled at the 7th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet

Press release

UNFPA and Cheer Up Luv join forces against sexual harassment on public transport in Sri Lanka

26 November 2018

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