News

Countering female genital mutilation in Sudan: “I didn’t know it was possible not to cut my daughter”

23 March 2023

Members of a UNFPA-supported community network in Sudan speak to women in about the dangers of female genital mutilation. © UNFPA Sudan

Statement

Statement on UK government funding cuts

28 April 2021

News

A publication on reproductive health for women with disabilities is published in Braille

06 April 2021

A reproductive health booklet for women with disabilities was published in Braille and distributed to libraries and schools for the visually impaired in Kazakhstan. © UNFPA Kazakhstan

Speech

The power to say yes, the right to say no,

29 March 2021

News

Amid conflict, displacement, pandemic, Syrian girls see a future in… robots

22 February 2021

Bana, 12, enjoys learning about robotics at a women's and girls' safe space in northwest Syria. Image courtesy of Ihsan Relief and Development

News

The diplomatic community lends a hand to help women’s shelters in Bosnia and Herzegovina

25 January 2021

Dijana Tadić, executive director of the organization Žena BiH, which runs the women's shelter in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A recent philanthropic event benefited the eight shelters in the country. © Edin Palata for UNFPA

Launch event: Humanitarian Action 2021 Overview

07 December 2020

Youtube live

News

Mobile clinics treat reproductive cancers in along Ukraine’s contact line

30 October 2020

Dr. Kyslytsia and Dr. Ieriomin stand in front of the mobile clinic they use to travel to remote and conflict-affected communities. © UNFPA Ukraine

Updates

United Kingdom commits £425 million to family planning, preventing millions of unintended pregnancies and hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide

14 Oct 2020

News

If you want to change the world, start at home: New tool offers roadmap for changing social norms

20 July 2020

A new publication offers a framework for changing discriminatory norms.