Updates
UNFPA and UNICEF renew multi-country initiative to protect millions of girls from child marriage
10 Mar 2020
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News
Better suicide prevention and mental health care needed among Myanmar’s most vulnerable
- 04 March 2020
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Publication
Costing the Three Transformative Results
The cost of the transformative results UNFPA is committed to achieving by 2030
Number of pages: 36
Publication date: 31 Jan 2020
Author: Johns Hopkins University, Avenir Health, Victoria University, Institute of Health, Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
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#BornComplete: Kenza's Story on FGM
Published on: 18/02/2019
Kenza is a doctor in her twenties from Djibouti. In the video, she speaks of her experience with FGM as a child and the long-term consequences of the trauma.
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Statement
Unleashing youth power: A decade of accelerating actions towards zero female genital mutilation
06 February 2020
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Resources
Investing in Knowledge for Ending Child Marriage Publications Catalogue 2018-2019
Resource date: Dec 2019
Author: UNFPA and UNICEF
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Resources
Ending Child Marriage and Rewriting the Future of Adolescent Girls
Resource date: May 2018
Author: UNFPA
Child marriage, defined as a formal marriage or informal union before age 18, is a global issue impacting the lives of millions of girls each year and hindering progress towards development the world over. Globally, more than 700 million girls and women alive today were married as children. More than one in three of these (about 250 million) entered into union before age 15. This report to the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation covers the period of 2015 to 2017.
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Publication
Beyond the Crossing: Female genital mutilation across borders
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda
Publication date: 30 Nov 2019
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
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News
From child brides and FGM survivors to leaders on a global stage
- 03 January 2020
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News
In Mauritania, imams take to radio waves to say child marriage is against Islam
- 09 December 2019
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