News

“I will keep very strong”: An Ethiopian girl fights to delay marriage

05 June 2014

Kadiga Mohammed fought her parents' decision to have her marry an older cousin at age 16. Photo credit: Abraham Gelaw

Press release

Link TV in Collaboration with UNDPI, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women Presents theTelevision Premiere of the UN Concert Event

15 April 2014

News

Sound of Silence: Dealing with the Legacy of Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War

17 March 2014

Hasija was one of the first women to testify before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in a case of war rape, in 1996. Her hometown of Rakitnica was set ablaze during the war and her family was expelled. Her father and brother did not survive. Photo credit: Armin Smailovic/Sarajevo, 2010

News

Empowering Youth to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

12 March 2014

<p>Madame Chantal Compaoré, First Lady of Burkina Faso (centre) with Aissata Camara (left) and other young participants invited to take part in the side-event on ending female genital mutilation/cutting. <i>Photo credit: Aissata Camara</i> </p>

News

Building the Future of Africa by Empowering Women and Youth

11 March 2014

Ms. Trina S. Haque, Sector Manager for the World Bank Group's Health, Nutrition and Population in West and Central Africa; Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund; and H.E., Ms. Maikibi Kadidiatou Dandobi, Minister of Population, Promotion of Women and Protection of Children of Niger.

Statement

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

05 February 2014

News

UNFPA and UN Women Launch Joint Global Programme on Essential Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence

04 December 2013

Opinion

Let's End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Our Generation

22 October 2013

News

International Conference to Boost Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

18 October 2013

Photo: Sheila Mckinnon

News

Scaling Up Strategies to Encourage Abandonment of FGM/C

23 July 2013

The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting aims to accelerate changes in entrenced social norms that put some 30 million girls at risk of undergoing this harmful practice. Photo © Sheila McKinnon

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