Events

International Day of the Girl Child 2015

calendar_today11 October 2015

location_onGlobal

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Publication date

Nov 2014

Author

UNFPA

Resources

Engaging Midwives in the Global Campaign to End Female Genital Mutilation

Toolkit: Midwives committed to the abandonment of FGM

UNFPA is mobilizing midwives in the prevention female genital mutilation (FGM) and in caring for its consequences, through a joint initiative in the context of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C and the UNFPA Midwifery Programme. Building on the expertise and networks of the two global programmes, UNFPA will empower midwives to serve as role models, counselors and advocates in the campaign to end FGM.

News

How to be a man: Bolivian men and boys work to eliminate gender-based violence

calendar_today22 December 2014

Boys and men are challenging ideas about masculinity and dominance over women, helping to address Bolivia's high rates of violence against women. © UNFPA Bolivia
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Statement

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

calendar_today10 December 2014

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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

2011

Author

UNFPA

Resources

"Wife-sharing" haunts Indian villages as girls decline - Yahoo!

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News

Ending violence and discrimination against women: A call to action

calendar_today25 November 2014

Jyotsna Phulmali with her daughter in Maharashtra, India. Ms. Phulmali left an abusive husband when her daughter was still an infant. Changing attitudes about women and promoting gender equality will be essential to ending violence against women. © UNICEF/INDA2013-00249/Singh
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Events

Roundtable on UNFPA’s work towards the elimination of Gender-Based Violence

calendar_today20 September 2013

location_onUnited Nations Headquarters, New York

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Initiating the Multi-Stakeholder Joint Programme on Violence Against Women

Publisher

UNFPA and UN Women

Publication date

2011

Number of pages

44

Publication

Initiating the Multi-Stakeholder Joint Programme on Violence Against Women

A Review of the Processes and Some Key Interim Lessons Learned

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Video

Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting video

calendar_today24 February 2010

Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting video

Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting video

Examines the practice of FGM/C and strategies employed by UNFPA and UNICEF to encourage communities to abandon it. The two agencies, working closely with governments, NGOs, religious leaders and small community groups, aim to bring about an end to the practice.

Video

Healing the Wounds of War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

calendar_today04 December 2010

Healing the Wounds of War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Healing the Wounds of War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina may have ended 15 years ago, but for some 20,000 women, the legacy of wartime rape lives on. Women of all ethnic groups are still trying to cope with the psychological effects of violence perpetrated against them.