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

In the News

UN Agencies Encourage Enforcement of FGM/C Ban After Girl’s Death

11 June 2013

A counsellor in Egypt holds up cards used to educate women about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Minia in this photo from 2006. REUTERS

News

Calling for an End to the Many Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls

06 March 2013

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, centre, is flanked by executive leaders from UNDP, UNESCO, UN Women, UNFPA and the UNHCHR at a panel that called for joint action to end violence against women. Photo © Ilona Lalova/UNFPA

In the News

Interview with Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA

20 February 2013

In the News

Interview with Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA

19 February 2013

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