News

“Why me?” – Stigma, lack of information leave Myanmar youth in the dark on HIV

calendar_today10 January 2019

Condoms at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic. Sithu, 21, did not know how to protect himself from HIV. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
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News

In Burundi, sexual health education helps youth protect themselves, their futures

calendar_today18 January 2019

Young people outside a youth-friendly health centre in Kamenge, Bujumbura. © UNFPA/Chiara Frisone
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News

Fear and exhaustion shadow Venezuelan women on the long trek to Peru

calendar_today28 February 2019

“We have been traveling for a week without being able to sleep, take a shower or eat well. I get tired easily, and have vomiting and headaches," said Mariana, who is five months pregnant. © UNFPA Peru
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Video

Dreams without borders: Britney's journey from Venezuela

calendar_today28 February 2019

Dreams without borders: Britney's journey from Venezuela

Dreams without borders: Britney's journey from Venezuela

“I have been told that it was too dangerous to travel alone, but I did it for my family’s and my own well-being,” said Britney, 18, part of a mass exodus of people leaving Venezuela in search of a better future. UNFPA is supporting her and other women with services at the CEBAF centre. See more about her journey here.

News

Female Islamic preachers call for women’s rights, contraception in Niger

calendar_today27 February 2019

In this Islamic study group, older women bring up questions that younger women are too embarrassed to raise. © UNFPA WCARO/Habibou Dia
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News

118-truck convoy delivers urgent aid to stranded residents in Rukban, Syria

calendar_today16 February 2019

UNFPA brought critical reproductive health supplies to resident of the settlement, where conditions are dire. © UN in Syria
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ICPD resources

Updates

Survivor-centred aid for women and girls from Mosul

calendar_today25 February 2019

Christos Stylianides, the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, and Alexander De Croo, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Finance and Development Cooperation, visited Hammam Al-Aleel camp for internally displaced persons in Mosul. © UNFPA Iraq
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News

In world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the miracle of a safe birth

calendar_today21 February 2019

A midwife cares for Mohsina's unexpected twins at Jardan Hospital. ©FMF
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Press release

The Nairobi Summit to Advance the ICPD Programme of Action

calendar_today18 January 2019

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