Women in the remote villages of Sô-Ava, Benin have limited access to reproductive health care and maternity wards.

A boat clinic, supported by UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—helps deliver the services they need.

Watch UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s visit to the clinic to see how UNFPA is working to ensure rights and choices for all women and girls, no matter where they live.

"At any moment, just logging on may trigger a flood of harassment and abuse."

See why UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem supports survivors of violence who are stepping up to stop the misuse and abuse and to make technology safe for everyone.

The climate crisis is an emergency for everyone, but women and girls are paying a heavy price.

Climate change leads to more unintended pregnancies, more child marriages, more women dying during childbirth, more violence and more exploitation.

As world leaders gather for COP28, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem calls on them to protect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of vulnerable women and girls.

Learn more here.

UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem's message on the crisis in Gaza. UNFPA joins the call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, so that aid can reach those who have been affected by the complete siege of Gaza this October. Among the 2.2 million affected population in Gaza, 1 in 4 are women and girls of reproductive age, around 572,000, and they need urgent access to reproductive health supplies and services.

This World Population Day, join UNFPA in promoting the rights of women and girls in a world that's 8 Billion Strong.

"I was really heartened to see the passion and the professionalism of midwives in Fiji."

Let UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem explain how UNFPA is delivering sexual and reproductive health services in the Pacific countries.

In our rapidly changing world, UNFPA must move fast to save lives and meet urgent needs. Only with core funding can UNFPA realize the promise of rights and choices for all.

In her opening remarks at the UNFPA Executive Board First Regular Session (February 2023), UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem describes how UNFPA's work across the world, with the support of Member States, is promoting peace by protecting the rights and equality of women and girls and the sexual and reproductive rights of all.