News

Traditional leaders stand up to protect youth from HIV, unintended pregnancy

Traditional ceremonies are an opportunity to reach young people with life-saving information. © UNFPA/Meaghan Charkowick
  • 03 April 2017
1

News

Thousands reached in Somalia reproductive health campaign

The outreach campaign provided antenatal care, postpartum services, family planning counselling and many other services. © UNFPA Somalia
  • 20 January 2017
1

News

Giving birth upright, with maté – Peru clinics open arms to indigenous women

This woman's second childbirth experience was totally different from her first, she says, because she was able to deliver in the traditional vertical position. © Panorama/Carlos Gomez
  • 29 September 2016
1

News

Astrologers, shamans and priests mobilize against child marriage in Nepal

Three women with their children in Far Western Nepal. All of the women were child brides. © UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri
  • 27 September 2016
1

Publication

Women, Faith and Human Rights

Number of pages: 36

Publication date: 24 Jun 2016

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

1

News

Nuns schooled on sexual and reproductive health in Bhutan

Ani Tandim Lham shares life-changing health and human rights advice with other nuns and young people. © United Nations/Tim Jenkins
  • 22 June 2016
1

News

Violence survivors find compassion, care at Cameroon's Listening Centre

The Listening Centre refers violence survivors to a local health centre for medical care. Here, women wait to be seen at a health centre in Cameroon. © UNFPA Cameroon
  • 22 October 2015
1

News

Young pioneer in Ethiopia defies FGM, finds love

Hawa Buha with her husband, Enehaba Seid, in their home in Ethiopia. Ms. Hawa has been a trailblazer in her community, first refusing to undergo FGM, then marrying for love. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw
  • 01 September 2015
1

News

Putting human rights at the heart of reproductive health

A new mother attends a culturally sensitive counselling session at the Jose Domingo De Obaldia Hospital in David, Panama. © UNFPA/Guadalupe Valdes
  • 17 April 2015
1

Resources

A Call to Action Faith for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights Post 2015 Development Agenda

Resource date: Sep 2014

In September 2014, UNFPA convened a meeting of dozens of faith leaders at UN Headquarters in New York to discuss sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. UNAIDS played a role in the meeting as a participant. The faith leaders, who came from around the world and represented six major faiths, issued a call to action on the critical importance of sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights to the post-2015 sustainable development agenda. 

We use cookies and other identifiers to help improve your online experience. By using our website you agree to this, see our cookie policy

X