News story
A Song for Cameroon
Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Their plan was to reach many people with a sensitive message – that maternal mortality in Cameroon needs to be tackled.
Read story
News story
‘Your Life, Your Rights, Your Contraception’
Senegal
DAKAR, Senegal – The 2,400 experts, leaders and advocates attending the second International Conference on Family Planning here called for scaling up best practices to face the high demand for family planning that goes…
Read story
News story
Landmark Action on Midwifery
India
NEW DELHI — Midwifery practices in India got some much-needed attention at a recent regional workshop here organized by the UN Population Fund, UNFPA, and the International Confederation of Midwives.
Read story
News story
A Look at How Ethnic Beliefs Affect Maternal and Child Health in Four Countries
Somalia
Barriers to improving maternal and child health among ethnic minorities boil down to beliefs and practices that do not fit neatly into modern practices and services.
Read story
News story
Saying No: 16 Days Against Gender Violence
Milena left her husband seven years ago after enduring years of physical and emotional violence. She could not take the abuse any longer or the way the rest of her family ignored it and remained silent.
Read story
News story
Daring to Speak About HIV Prevention in Morocco and Egypt
Morocco
Globally, the vast majority of people who are HIV-positive – 80 per cent – contracted the virus through unprotected sex – that is, by not using a male or a female condom. This raises a crucial question: Since condoms…
Read story
News story
Worldwide Focus on Family Planning Begins at West African Forum
Senegal
DAKAR, Senegal The second International Conference on Family Planning opened yesterday in the capital here, aiming to draw on renewed political support and funding for family planning, as well as highlighting new…
Read story
News story
Griots Help Reduce Cutting in Guinea
Guinea
GUINEA — The rite of female genital mutilation/cutting may be hard to end, but it is slowly happening in at least one corner of eastern Guinea, Guinée Forestière, in West Africa.
Read story
News story
UNFPA Supports Iran’s 2011 Census
Iran, Islamic Republic of
TEHRAN, Islamic Republic of Iran— This country’s 2011 Population and Housing Census, which is run by the Statistical Center of Iran, a longstanding UNFPA partner, officially closed on Sunday, 13 November. This year, the…
Read story
News story
Young MPs Vow to Protect Reproductive Rights Back Home
Thailand
KRABI, Thailand – The young Parliamentarians who gathered here recently at an international conference on sexual and reproductive health rights agreed to strengthen their work on these issues when they returned home.
Read story
News story
A Malawi Newborn With a Potent Message
Malawi
MALAWI — He emerged at 3 a.m., unaware of the significance of his birth in a hospital in the Mangochi district. The boy, born to Mayamiko Kachipande just hours after the global population mark of midnight on 31 October…
Read story
News story
Lacking Sanitary Pads, Girls Miss School in Dadaab Refugee Camp
Kenya
DADAAB, Kenya — Braving the scorching sun and feet-baking sandy soil, with a torn schoolbag hanging precariously on her back, Halima, a 16-year-old Somali girl, walks to school in the camp where her family has sought…
Read story