News

Rallying men and boys in the fight against female genital mutilation

Professor Akotionga performed the first operation in Burkina Faso to repair physical damage from female genital mutilation. Since then, he has trained more than 600 midwives, nurses and gynaecologists in the procedure. © UNFPA/Lambert Coleman
  • 06 February 2023
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International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation 2023

06 February 2023

Global

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#MenEndFGM: Partnering with Men and Boys to Transform Social Norms to End Female Genital Mutilation

06 February 2023

YouTube Live

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Publication

My Body, My Life, My World Operational Guidance: Introduction

Number of pages: 11

Publication date: 31 Dec 2022

Publisher: UNFPA

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Canada

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

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SANLIURFA, Türkiye – “Even today, we saw a 17 year old who is pregnant and already has a child,” said midwife Neval, sitting in the Devtesti Centre, a women’s and girls’ safe space in Sanliurfa, Türkiye.  Some 475,…
26 July 2018 Read Story
News
HERAT, Afghanistan – By midnight, Khurshid, 35, was in serious trouble. Five months pregnant and bleeding heavily, she had passed out at home. Her family carried her unconscious body to the nearest – and only – health…
10 July 2018 Read Story
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JUBA, South Sudan – Violence against women is epidemic in South Sudan. Ann*, 16, was kidnapped on her way home from school, then raped repeatedly during five days of captivity. Talia*, was battered and tortured for…
04 July 2018 Read Story

Updates

France commits 1.5 million dollars to UNFPA to empower survivors of gender-based violence in Iraq

09 Feb 2022

The new agreement with France will allow UNFPA to create three women protection centres for women survivors of violence in Iraq and support one women's shelter. © UNFPA Iraq
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News

In Sudan, a UNFPA hospital helps women give birth safely despite flooding crisis

Health workers at the UNFPA Tunaydbah field hospital in Sudan’s eastern Gedaraf state provide critical maternal health care amid floods, conflict and an ongoing refugee crisis. © UNFPA Sudan
  • 17 January 2023
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Publication

Adolescent Empowerment at Scale: Successes and challenges of an evidence-based approach to young women’s programming in Africa

Number of pages: 12

Publication date: 01 Feb 2023

Publisher: BRAC and UNFPA

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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

2024 | Top
Donor Global Statistics

News & Updates

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HERAT, Afghanistan – By midnight, Khurshid, 35, was in serious trouble. Five months pregnant and bleeding heavily, she had passed out at home. Her family carried her unconscious body to the nearest – and only – health…
10 July 2018 Read Story
News
JUBA, South Sudan – Violence against women is epidemic in South Sudan. Ann*, 16, was kidnapped on her way home from school, then raped repeatedly during five days of captivity. Talia*, was battered and tortured for…
04 July 2018 Read Story
Updates
The Government of Sweden has signed a four-year commitment to fund UNFPA’s core resources. Between 2018 and 2021, UNFPA will receive over SEK 2.46 billion, or over $286 million, in unearmarked funding.  This…
12 June 2018 Read Story

Resources

WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations - TRS 1044

Resource date: Jan 2023

Author: UNFPA Supply Chain Management Unit

Publisher: WHO

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