Statement

EmPOWER girls: before, during and after crises

11 October 2017

News

Leaders urge access to reproductive health supplies in crisis settings

28 September 2017

Ahlam was able to safely give birth by Caesarean section at a health facility with UNFPA-provided supplies. © UNFPA Yemen/Fahmia Al-Fotih

News

Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning

14 July 2017

Kate and Samuel Opio with their twins at Inomo Health Centre III, in Uganda's Apac District. They now plan to use a modern contraceptive method. © UNFPA/Prossy Jonker Nakanjako

Events

High-level event on investing in youth to eradicate poverty and promote prosperity

calendar_today17 July 2017

location_onUnited Nations Headquarters, New York

News

Efforts to end FGM must be intensified, leaders urge

17 March 2017

Shaimaa Ahmed Ali teaches members of her community about the harms of female genital mutilation (FGM). © UNFPA Egypt/Sima Diab

News

Family planning a development imperative, leaders at AU Summit emphasize

08 February 2017

Marie Josee Mukankuranga explains how she counsels women on family planning during a visit by development experts. © UNFPA/Rick Francis

News

Restoring reproductive health access for millions in Boko Haram-affected areas

18 January 2017

UNFPA is working to restore access to reproductive health care for about 4.5 million crisis-affected people in Nigeria. UNFPA is also supporting safe spaces for women and girls. © UNFPA Nigeria

News

The power of 10: Ten astonishing facts about 10-year-old girls

20 October 2016

Temawelase is a sixth-grader in rural Swaziland. Whether the world is able to achieve its development goals depends, in large part, on her fate and the fate of girls like her. ©UNFPA/Barcroft Media/Mark Lewis

News

Companies pledge to help reduce childbirth deaths in crisis settings

21 September 2016

Residents flee brutal violence in the Rutshuru territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2012. Women give birth, even in wartime and disasters. © UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti

News

African presidents urge investment in youth as continent sees rare demographic opportunity

20 September 2016

World Bank Vice President Keith Hansen, President Idriss Déby of Chad, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and moderator Folly Bah Thibault (left to right) at a high-level dialogue on achieving the demographic dividend. © UNFPA/Koye Adeboye

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