News

Executive Director Urges First Ladies to Raise their Voices Against Child Marriage and Teen Pregnancy

16 July 2012
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Press Release

Innovative Partnership to Deliver Convenient Contraceptives to Some Three Million Women

12 July 2012
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In the News

Madagascar: A Decaying Health Sector

22 May 2012
<p>Many Malagasy health care workers have moved to cities and better paying jobs. Photo: <a href="http://www.irinnews.org/photo.aspx">Guy Oliver/IRIN</a> </p>
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News

Congo: Responding to Survivors of Deadly Explosion

16 May 2012
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News

Tide is Turning Against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

22 May 2012
In the past, almost all Somali girls were cut.&nbsp; But the Joint Programme aims to change that for the next generation
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News

Ethiopia Accelerates Training of Midwives

15 May 2012
Some of the first graduates of the Accelerated Midwifery Programme at Shashemene Health Science College take an oath to strive to ensure that no woman should die giving life and no child would be born with HIV.
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Those Moms Who Need a Boost on Mothers Day

14 May 2012
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News

New Tool to Manage Gender-Based Violence Programmes in Emergencies

23 April 2012
<p>In areas of conflict or displacement, women are often vulnerable to gender-based violence. UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran</p>
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News

So Many Mouths to Feed: Addressing High Fertility in Famine-Stricken Somalia

02 April 2012
Somali women in the Dabke camp wait to receive supplemental food for their children.Photo: Dominic Nahr/ Magnum Photos
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News

Talking Census Under the Baobob Tree

16 March 2012
<p>A group of local men, UNFPA representatives and statisticians discuss the country's upcoming census under the shade of the baobab tree.</p>
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