News

Elopement or kidnapping? A love story in Afghanistan

13 April 2021

Many young people in Afghanistan have no say over whether or whom to marry. Pictured: a ring belonging to one Afghan child bride. © UNFPA Afghanistan

News

A publication on reproductive health for women with disabilities is published in Braille

06 April 2021

A reproductive health booklet for women with disabilities was published in Braille and distributed to libraries and schools for the visually impaired in Kazakhstan. © UNFPA Kazakhstan

Speech

The power to say yes, the right to say no,

29 March 2021

News

Mobile clinics deliver last-mile reproductive health care in Madagascar

26 March 2021

A pregnant woman en route to deliver her child at Regional Reference Hospital of Ambovombe in Androy region, Madagascar. Trips by cart can sometimes take the entire day. © UNFPA Madagascar

High-Level Inter-Ministerial Dialogue on Scaling up Action to End Son Preference and Gender Biased Sex Selection

12 March - 12 March 2021

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In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the heaviest price

26 February 2021

Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani holds Abia's newborn baby shortly after delivery. Abia lost a lot of blood during childbirth. © UNFPA Yemen

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Amid conflict, displacement, pandemic, Syrian girls see a future in… robots

22 February 2021

Bana, 12, enjoys learning about robotics at a women's and girls' safe space in northwest Syria. Image courtesy of Ihsan Relief and Development

Press Release

UN sexual and reproductive health agency welcomes USA intention to reinstate funding: millions of women and girls will benefit

28 January 2021

News

The diplomatic community lends a hand to help women’s shelters in Bosnia and Herzegovina

25 January 2021

Dijana Tadić, executive director of the organization Žena BiH, which runs the women's shelter in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A recent philanthropic event benefited the eight shelters in the country. © Edin Palata for UNFPA

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Mongolian women get help to escape violence even amid pandemic

17 December 2020

Gender-based violence has increased during the global pandemic. © UNFPA Mongolia | Photo for representational purposes only and does not relate to this story or the survivor of gender-based violence featured in this story.