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Want to end preventable maternal deaths? Spend (at least) six times more by 2030

29 July 2019
To achieve zero preventable maternal deaths in 76 high-burden countries, annual spending would need to rise to $7.8 billion by 2030. © UNFPA Jordan
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5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls

20 May 2019
Midwifery students at the Hargeisa Institute of Health Sciences in Somaliland learn how to assist in case of childbirth complications caused by female genital mutilation. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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Top 5 things you didn’t know about female genital mutilation

05 February 2019
Asha lays out the tools she uses to perform female genital mutilation in Somalia. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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For girls escaping FGM in rural Tanzania, crowdsourced maps show the way to safety

22 October 2018
Ending FGM takes a multi-pronged approach – from offering a refuge for girls at acute risk to engaging families and communities to raise awareness of the harm it causes, and transform the social norms that uphold the practice. Here, girls in Tanzania’s Mara region participate in an alternative rites of passage camp at the UNFPA-supported Masanga Centre. © UNFPA/Mandela Gregoire
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Girls are saying no to FGM – and they need political champions

09 October 2018
“The solutions are there. The girls are there. They are working,” said anti-FGM advocate Aissata Camara (right), calling for political support to accelerate the elimination of the practice. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet
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