News

Avoiding and Mitigating the Health Consequences of FGM/C in Ethiopia

calendar_today18 June 2013

<p>Sadiya (right) at the hospital with her mother.&nbsp; <i>Photo &copy; UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw</i> </p>
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News

Jamaica Offers a Model for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies while Supporting Young Mothers

calendar_today27 August 2013

Talking to adolescents about sex can make for important but sometimes uncomfortable conversations<strong>.</strong> <i>Photo: Basil Jones for UNFPA</i>
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Video

Jamaica Teen Pregnancy

calendar_today17 March 2011

Jamaica Teen Pregnancy

Jamaica Teen Pregnancy

In the Caribbean country of Jamaica, a girl is barred from going to school if she becomes pregnant.  Antoinette had no choice. Desperate to finish her education, she turned to the women's centre for help. UNTV, Mary Ferreira

Video

PSA: World Population Day 2011 [Arabic]

calendar_today11 July 2011

PSA: World Population Day 2011 [Arabic]

PSA: World Population Day 2011 [Arabic]

In a world of 7 billion, educating and empowering women and girls helps reduce poverty and illiteracy, stabilizes populations, and enables societies to make better choices.

Video

Counting on Each Other in a World of 7 Billion

calendar_today11 July 2011

Counting on Each Other in a World of 7 Billion

Counting on Each Other in a World of 7 Billion

This slideshow with music explores the ways in which the UNFPA mandate can contribute to making a world of 7 Billion successful for everyone.

Video

Every young person deserves the right to flourish

calendar_today25 June 2009

Every young person deserves the right to flourish

Every young person deserves the right to flourish

PSA on young people. Produced by the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of ICPD

Statement

Message for World Population Day

calendar_today09 July 2014

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News

Building the future now

calendar_today24 January 2014

Participants talked about the importance of UNFPA-supported thematic funds&mdash;the Global Programme to Enhance Reproductive Health Commodity Security (GPRHCS), the Maternal Health Thematic Trust Fund (MTHF), the Unified Budget and Results Accountability Framework (UBRAF), and the UNFPA/UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C&mdash;at national level. Country-focused approaches, quick response and support were mentioned as important assets leading to positive changes in the area of health.
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News

UNiting for Youth 2013

calendar_today07 August 2013

In advance of International Youth Day, young people at United Nations Headquarters and from around the world (via video link), participated in an interactive dialogue with senior UN officials and youth leaders (from left to right): Meera Bhat, youth activist; Sima Bahous, Assistant-Secretary-General and Director for Arab States, UNDP; Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA; Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth; Lakshmi Puri, Acting Head of U
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Opinion

For a Better World for All

calendar_today23 July 2014

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