News

Leaving no one behind: The UNFPA-backed initiative using drones to connect people with care in Botswana

calendar_today17 July 2023

The Drones for Health working group conducts site assessments in Botswana’s Ngami district, to see where the drones would be most suitable and are most needed. © UNFPA Botswana
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News

Bonded for life: A UNFPA-supported midwifery student in Gaza delivers her own baby sister

calendar_today29 June 2023

Raneen’s midwifery training helped her deliver her own baby sister during an emergency in Gaza. © UNFPA Palestine
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Publisher

UNFPA, UNICEF, UN-Women, PAHO, NBEC

Publication date

Jul 2023

Number of pages

27

Publication

Maternal Health Analysis of Women and Girls of African Descent in the Americas

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News

“They have to fight”: People of African descent face deadly, systemic racism and sexism in health sectors across the Americas, UNFPA reports

calendar_today12 July 2023

Dr. Palmer talks with a UNFPA staff member outside the clinic in La Palma, where she makes visits once per month to women in underserved indigenous communities. © UNFPA Costa Rica
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Press release

Deadly outcomes: Pregnant Afrodescendent women are abused and neglected due to systemic racism and sexism in health systems across the Americas, new UNFPA report finds

calendar_today12 July 2023

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News

The threads that bind: How bilum-weaving in Papua New Guinea tells stories from the lives of women and girls

calendar_today05 July 2023

Florence Jaukae Kamel is a bilum weaver and entrepreneur. © UNFPA Papua New Guinea
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News

“We are making a difference”: Advocating against period poverty and female genital mutilation in The Gambia

calendar_today29 May 2023

Reusable pads shared at St. John's School for the Deaf.  © UNFPA The Gambia
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News

In Angola, young people help shatter the stigma around comprehensive sexuality education

calendar_today05 June 2023

Eva Monteiro Teixeira, a mentor with the UNFPA Safeguard Young People programme, leads a discussion on sexual and reproductive health at the Escola Grafanil in Luanda. © UNFPA Angola/K Karlo Cesar
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News

Youth-friendly services scaling up in Kazakhstan, offering critical sexual and reproductive health care

calendar_today17 May 2023

Youth peer educators, part of the Y-PEER network, sort through brochures with age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health information. © UNFPA Kazakhstan
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Publisher

UNFPA, Universal Rights Group

Publication date

07 July 2023

Number of pages

56

Publication

Advancing Rights, Transforming Lives: Strategic Engagement with the United Nations Human Rights System to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

This report reviews how the UN human rights system has taken up women's rights, gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights and the degree to which these recommendations have been translated into action, with UNFPA's support.  

Country examples demonstrate the impact of UNFPA's strategic engagement with UN human rights mechanisms for advancing the rights and choices of women and girls.

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