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Sri Lankan Maternity Hospital Staff Copes With Crisis
Sri Lanka
GALLE, Sri Lanka—Dr. Samarasinghe was in the middle of a Caesarean section when the first of three massive waves slammed into the Maternity Hospital in the south coast city of Galle.
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Sri Lanka: Young People Pitch in to Assist Survivors of Tsunami Disaster
Colombia
COLOMBO—In a quiet, leafy enclave in Sri Lanka’s capital, 35 young volunteers work in assembly line fashion putting together emergency hygienic supplies.
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UNFPA Re-affirms its Commitment to the Family as the Basic Unit of Society
Egypt
UNITED NATIONS, New York—The 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) underscored the importance of families as “central to human societies.”
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Voices of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Honduras
Honduras
San Pedro Sula, Honduras —Ana and Virginia consider themselves sisters. They do not share the same parents, but they are fighting the same disease and are united in their determination to stay healthy for as long as…
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And the Council Agrees, Strongly Condemns Gender Violence, Rights Violations; Urges Immediate Halt
UNITED NATIONS, New York—After strong statements and appeals by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, the Executive Director of UNFPA — the United Nations Population Fund – and several others, the Security Council last week strongly…
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Enduring and Overcoming the Ordeal of Fistula
Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan—The midday sun in this desert capital is merciless. Nevertheless, a handful of women endure the hundred-degree heat by sharing the sparse shade of a few trees in the courtyard of the Dr. Abbo Fistula…
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World's Newest Country Counts Self
Timor-Leste
Preliminary results of the first total census in Timor-Leste since its independence in 2002 were released in the capital, Dili, earlier this month.
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Struggling to End Female Genital Cutting in Uganda
Uganda
Betty Cheboi sits uneasily on a small wooden bench in her ramshackle shop perched on the edge of a jagged ravine in the remote hill community of Kapchorwa, near Mt. Elgon in western Uganda.
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Rwandan Parliamentarians Work To Halve Maternal Deaths
Rwanda
KIBUYE, Rwanda — The network of Rwandan parliamentarians this week outlined a bold four-point advocacy programme to reduce maternal deaths by 40 per cent by increasing the nation’s low contraceptive prevalence rate of 4…
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Germany's Government 'Called to Account'
Germany
Alfred Biolek, prominent German television personality and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, presented a giant invoice to the State Secretary of the German Ministry for Development and Economic Cooperation, Erich Stather.
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Peer Educators Network Works to Prevent Spread of HIV/AIDS Among Youth in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Russian Federation
Her friends call her Natalia, but it’s not her real name. This 20-year-old blonde from St. Petersburg, the Russian Federation, was diagnosed HIV positive a year ago. Natalia claims her stepfather forced her to have sex…
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UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Visits Kabul
Afghanistan
UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Goedele Liekens traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan for a one day visit on 20 May.
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