News

Ugandan youth push for increased access to reproductive health services

05 August 2014

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin speaks with youth about increasing access to sexual and reproductive health services. Photo credit: UNFPA Uganda

Statement

Message for World Population Day

09 July 2014

News

Girl Summit aims to end child marriage and FGM/C

22 July 2014

<p>Usha, 15, participated in a leadership programme for girls in Nepal. When her parents began preparing for her wedding, she convinced them to delay the marriage. "If I can’t prevent my own marriage, who will speak up for my classmates?” she told UNFPA. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA/William A. Ryan</i> </p>

News

Young people key in the fight against HIV

21 July 2014

UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Kate Gilmore speaks to young people at the 'coolibah' networking zone for youth at the 2014 International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia. Photo credit: UNFPA

News

On World Population Day, UNFPA calls for investment in youth

11 July 2014

Ouadrago Sanga Théodore (left) moderates at a condom demonstration in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Photo credit: Ollivier Girard

News

Roadmap promises to save lives of 140,000 women and 250,000 newborns

08 July 2014

Participants in the MDG Advocates meeting, in Kigali, take a selfie. Included are (left-right) Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin. Photo credit: Paul Kagame/Flickr

News

Violence against women and girls: enough is enough, says UNFPA Head

25 June 2014

Displaced women are escorted by peacekeepers as they collect firewood in Sudan, in 2010. The women say they fear being assaulted when they leave their homes. Photo credit: UN Photo/Albert González Farran

Speech

Statement by the Executive Director to the Executive Board

25 June 2014

News

Global summit urges to end sexual violence in conflict

10 June 2014

Women who have endured gender-based violence receive counselling and other forms of support in a displacement camp in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo credit: OCHA/Gemma Cortes

Statement

Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

22 May 2014