News

UNFPA and WFP join forces to meet soaring reproductive health and nutrition needs in southern Madagascar

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Women in the Amboasary district of Madagascar’s drought-stricken Grand Sud region wait to receive sexual and reproductive health consultations from UNFPA-supported medical staff. At the same time, a WFP food donation takes place just metres away to help stem a devastating food crisis affecting some 3 million people in the region. © UNFPA/Melvis Kimbi
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News

Empowering and investing in midwives could save millions of lives each year

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Midwives in Morocco, like Amina Al Ammari, played a critical role in responding to the pandemic while also tending to pregnant women, new mothers and newborns. © UNFPA Morocco
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Video

Ukraine War: Supporting gender-based violence survivors

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Ukraine War: Supporting gender-based violence survivors

Ukraine War: Supporting gender-based violence survivors

From a gender-based violence (GBV) shelter in Lviv, our Senior Emergency Coordinator Mustafa Elkanzi describes how UNFPA supports women and girls during the war in Ukraine.

Learn more about our work on the ground.

Statement

Global health systems must invest in midwives

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Publication date

Dec 2019

Author

UNFPA, UNICEF

Resources

Technical Note on Life Skills Programmes for Empowering Adolescent Girls: Notes for Practitioners on What Works

UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage

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News

5 things to know about motherhood

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Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world throughout the year. In Somalia, above, the day falls in March. © Tobin Jones for UNFPA
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Speech

Closing remarks, 55th Session of the Commission on Population and Development

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Speech

High-Level Forum on Advancing Equity for People of African Descent

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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Apr 2022

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

46

Publication

The A-Compass: The UNFPA adaptive management model

Acceleration for transformative results

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News

War in Ukraine shocks global food supply, putting lives at risk

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A young mother and her baby are weighed before being examined for malnutrition at UNFPA-supported Marib General hospital in Yemen, a country that relies heavily on food imports. Skyrocketing food prices have increased the number of people in need of food assistance from 16.2 million in 2021 to 19 million people in 2022. © UN/Giles Clarke
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