Providing Support for the Chibok Girls and their Families

19 May 2014

News

In South Sudan, 200,000 pregnant women may need urgent care

19 May 2014

Pregnant women attend a health seminar at a UNFPA-run health centre in the Tomping displacement camp in Juba, South Sudan. Photo credit: UNFPA/Tim McKulka

News

Tailoring Services to Nigeria’s Young People

14 May 2014

Kori Habib speaks to adolescents at Hello Lagos, a youth centre and health programme in Lagos, Nigeria. Photo credit: APANEWS

News

The colour purple, changing the future of Afghan mothers

09 May 2014

From left to right: Aqela, Masooma and Fatima, students at the Community Midwifery School in Kabul. Photo credit: Maria Blanco Lora/UNFPA.

News

Caught in crisis, South Sudanese women learn to plan their families

07 May 2014

Mothers listen to a community health worker talk about family planning in the Tomping camp in Juba, South Sudan. Photo credit: Kenneth Odiwuor

News

Maternal deaths continue to fall, new data show

06 May 2014

Anik, 16, with her newborn at the General Government Hospital in Tulear, Madagascar. UNFPA provides essential materials to new mothers at the hospital. Photo credit: Magnum Photos/Dominic Nahr

Press Release

United Nations agencies report steady progress in saving mothers’ lives

06 May 2014

News

"Life Starts in the Hands of a Midwife"

05 May 2014

A midwife checks on an expectant mother in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo credit: Sven Torfinn/Panos/H4+

News

Finding More Than Food at the Markets in Liberia

01 May 2014

A health worker offers advice on family planning at the Jorken Town market in Liberia. Photo credit: APANEWS

News

Parliamentarians Spotlight Rights of Women and Girls

28 April 2014

A photo presentation at the 6th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo credit: EPF/Kristian Pohl

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