News

In race to save women's lives, solutions are within reach, says UNFPA head

21 September 2014

<p>Maternal and neonatal death rates remain stubbornly high, studies show. But the solutions to these problems are known, and deceptively simple. <i>Photo credit: Jerome Sessini/Magnum Photos</i> </p>

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Media to play key role in eliminating FGM in Kenya

06 November 2014

Attending the launch of the campaign are (left-right) Nation Media Group CEO Linus Gitahi, Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning Anne Waiguru, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Standard Media Group CEO Sam Shollei, wife of the Secretary-General Yoo Soon-taek, and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin. Photo credit: UNFPA/Nisha Chatani-Rizvi

News

Empowering girls key to Africa's success, leaders affirm

22 September 2014

Investing in adolescents and youth will be key to taking advantage of a demographic dividend in the Sahel region of Africa, leaders said today at the United Nations. Girls in Niger. Photo credit: OCHA/David Ohana

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Leaders pledge to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths within a generation

26 September 2014

Munira Sha'ban, a renowned Jordanian midwife, speaks at a high-level UN event on improving the survival of women, newborns and children. Beside her are Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Chinese diplomacy leader Li Xiaolin, and Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and For Malaria Ray Chambers. Photo credit: Stuart Ramson/UN Foundation

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Seven years of resistance: One girl’s fight against FGM

23 September 2014

Nancy Tomee in New York, where she spoke to first ladies from around the world about her struggle against FGM. Photo credit: UNFPA/Omar Kasrawi

News

Bearing witness to a revolution in women’s health and rights

01 October 2014

Munira Sha'ban, Jordan's celebrated midwife (centre), with UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and UNFPA Director Dianne Stewart. Photo credit: UNFPA/Omar Kasrawi

News

Youth Envoy shines spotlight on young people’s development priorities

25 September 2014

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte speak with young people at a high-level event at UN Headquarters in New York.

News

Human rights, dignity must form cornerstone of future sustainable development

22 September 2014

A pregnant woman rests outside the maternity ward at the Kanungu Health Center IV, in Uganda. Photo credit:Tadej Znidarcic

Opinion

Expanding Sexual, Reproductive Health to Score Development Goals

18 August 2014

Speech

UNFPA: The path forward

05 September 2014

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