Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director, on ending child marriage.

On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to everything we do at UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Their life-saving skills go far beyond delivering babies; midwives educate, empower and enable women to lead healthy lives and to exercise their right to sexual and reproductive health.
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Valentines Day is a romantic time for couples, but not for these girls. Help them say "I DON'T" to child marriage. Learn more.

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem speaks about the urgent need to end gender-based violence, and the impunity that allows it to thrive.