Publisher

UNFPA Population and Development Branch

Publication date

Feb 2021

Author

UNFPA, GHRB, PDB

Resources

Prevalence Rates, Trends and Disparities in Intimate Partner Violence: Power of Data in the IPV Geospatial Dashboard

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News

Tanzanian helpline reaching thousands of at-risk women and girls every day

calendar_today20 May 2021

A counsellor takes calls at the National Child Helpline in Dar es Salaam. ©UNFPA Tanzania/Ericky Boniface
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News

Serving survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

calendar_today19 May 2021

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem speaks to a network of humanitarian responders working to prevent and address sexual and gender-based violence. © UNFPA DRC/Luis Tato
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News

After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

calendar_today07 June 2016

Noorjahan laughs as she recovers from fistula surgery in Malalai Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Now, she says, "I can live." © Andrea Bruce/ NOOR
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Statement

Statement on Gender-Based Violence in Tigray region of Ethiopia

calendar_today22 March 2021

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Video

Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s message on Child Marriage at the 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

calendar_today17 March 2021

Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s message on Child Marriage at the 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s message on Child Marriage at the 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

In her remarks at the CSW65 high-level event "An inter-generational dialogue on child, early and forced marriage," UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem explained how child marriage is a manifestation of gender inequality that robs girls of say and choice and appealed for a gender-equal world in which girls would know their rights and value and be empowered to make their own informed decisions. 

News

From child bride to midwife saving lives of Afghan mothers

calendar_today10 March 2021

Amina Mansoory is the only midwife serving in a remote district (population:1500) of Herat province in western Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Events

High-Level Inter-Ministerial Dialogue on Scaling up Action to End Son Preference and Gender Biased Sex Selection

calendar_today12 March 2021

location_onYoutube Live

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Publication date

Nov 2020

Author

UNFPA, UNICEF

Resources

Technical Note on Ensuring Value for Money in the Global Programme to End Child Marriage

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Publication date

Nov 2020

Author

UNFPA, UNICEF

Resources

Child Marriage and the Law: Technical Note for the Global Programme to End Child Marriage

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