Events

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2023

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Discover the often hidden impact on domestic and sexual violence of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

UNFPA’s film ‘Behind the Silence’ speaks to the Ukrainians providing vital support to survivors to uncover the scale of the problem.

Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2023

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Video

Earthquake survivors in Türkiye need urgent mental health care

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Earthquake survivors in Türkiye need urgent mental health care

Earthquake survivors in Türkiye need urgent mental health care

Millions of survivors of the recent earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria are enduring terrible trauma.

See how UNFPA is providing access to mental health and psychosocial support. 

News

Young mothers in Malawi find a space safe from Tropical Storm Freddy’s catastrophic consequences

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Young women, including adolescent parents, gather at a UNFPA Safe Space in Bangula camp in the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy. © UNFPA/Eldson Chagara
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Publication date

Jun 2022

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

17

Publication

Empowering Adolescent Girls Through Non-Formal Education

A comparative analysis of comprehensive sexuality education, life skills education and protective asset-building approaches

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News

“I know how to listen”: Midwives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use groundbreaking new birth model to care for pregnant survivors of sexual violence

calendar_today05 April 2023

Midwife Aimée Nzimire assists labouring mother Valerine Mwamini. Though the Panzi hospital's new "Transforming Birth" model is designed to serve survivors of gender-based violence, Ms. Mwamini is not herself a GBV survivor. © UNFPA Democratic Republic of the Congo/Lisa Thanner
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Young woman with black hair sits on a bed with a laptop. She looks confidently at the camera.

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Apr 2023

Publication

Measuring technology-facilitated gender-based violence. A discussion paper

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News

Historic drought in the Horn of Africa: Women and girls fleeing one crisis for another

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Rukia Yaroow Ali, 38, was displaced with her nine children by the worst drought that Somalia – and the whole of the Horn of Africa – has seen in 40 years. Here she holds her youngest child outside their shelter at Hagadera refugee camp in Daadab, Garissa county, Kenya. © UNFPA/Luis Tato
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News

Five reasons why: Women and girls must have equal rights in our digital world

calendar_today08 March 2023

Illustration courtesy of Sofie Birkin for UNFPA.
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