News

Meeting women's and girls' needs where they are to prevent and address gender-based violence

calendar_today22 November 2024

Community mobilizer Fatima Ali was displaced from her home in Maiduguri, Nigeria, by flooding in October 2024. She continues her work providing support to women and girls. © UNFPA Nigeria
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News

Men in detention face sexual torture amid war in Ukraine

calendar_today26 November 2024

Although the vast majority of victims of conflict-related sexual violence are women and girls, it is also all too common – and severely underreported – among men and boys. Credit: UNFPA Ukraine
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News

“You don’t see young women in some camps”: Harrowing reports of sexual violence and healthcare attacks in Sudan’s Aj Jazirah State

calendar_today19 November 2024

A UNFPA mobile health team member provides health services for displaced women and children in Gedaref, in eastern Sudan. More than 135,000 people have been displaced from Aj Jazirah state since October 20, following a wave of armed violence. Credit: UNFPA Sudan
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UNFPA

Publication date

Dec 2024

Publication

Making the Invisible Visible: Why disability matters in violence against women and bodily autonomy

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Statement

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: Stop the assault on Palestinians in Gaza and on those trying to help them

calendar_today01 November 2024

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News

UNFPA supports stepped-up efforts to prevent adolescent pregnancy in Zimbabwe

calendar_today16 October 2024

Olivia Nyangasi shares her story at the launch of the “Not in my Village” campaign. © UNFPA Zimbabwe
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News

How UNFPA is helping protect indigenous Paraguayan youths against adolescent pregnancy

calendar_today09 October 2024

Irene Vera Portillo is an advocate for the rights of the Ava Guaraní people, the ethnic group to which she belongs. © UNFPA Paraguay / Zunilda Acosta
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Events

World Mental Health Day

calendar_today10 October 2024

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News

Female genital mutilation leads to death in childbirth, a preventable tragedy Ugandan community members assert

calendar_today03 October 2024

Josephine Telo, seated, speaks to Consolata Aleper, who holds meetings for survivors of female genital mutilation and works to end the practice. Ms. Telo’s sister died in childbirth as a result of female genital mutilation. © ActionAid International Uganda
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Statement

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory - These atrocities must end

calendar_today23 September 2024

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