News

UN calls for intensified efforts to end fistula

Fistula survivors who have recently received treatment now participate in a livelihood programme in National Center for Fistula Treatment, N'Djamena, Chad. The programme aims to successfully reintegrate survivors into their communities. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard

23 December 2014

News

Abandoning Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

A former circumciser teaching community members on harms of FGM/C. Photo: Abraham Gelaw

08 April 2010

News

Jamaica Offers a Model for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancies while Supporting Young Mothers

Talking to adolescents about sex can make for important but sometimes uncomfortable conversations<strong>.</strong> <i>Photo: Basil Jones for UNFPA</i>

27 August 2013

News

Midwives Deliver for the Women of the World

02 May 2013

Empowering Young People: Ethiopia

Published on: 12/12/2014

Voices of young people: video collage produced by UNFPA Ethiopia.

H6 Partnership

The H6 partnership (formerly H4+) harnesses the collective strengths of the UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO, UNAIDS, and the World Bank Group to advance the Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) Global Strategy and support country leadership and action for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health.

Statement

Message of the Executive Director on the Occasion of the International Human Rights Day

10 December 2014

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Press Release

Reproductive health care critical for pregnant women affected by Typhoon Hagupit

09 December 2014

Resources

Issue 1: Gender Dimensions of HIV/AIDS

Resource date: 1995

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

Resources

Adding It Up 2014: Sub-Saharan Africa Fact Sheet

Resource date: 2014

Author: UNFPA, Guttmacher Institute

Publisher: UNFPA, Guttmacher Institute

Each year, 183,000 women die in Sub-Saharan Africa from pregnancy-related causes, and 1.2 million newborns die in the first month of life. Most of these deaths could be prevented with adequate medical care.