Press Release

UNFPA receives EDGE Assess and EDGEplus certification

27 April 2022

Speech

Opening remarks, 55th Session of the Commission on Population and Development

25 April 2022

News

Women and girls in South Sudan battle mounting sexual violence amid conflict and climate crises

Women return from collecting firewood in South Sudan's Unity State, which has seen alarming levels of gender-based violence amid mounting conflict and spiralling climate catastrophes. ©UNFPA South Sudan

20 April 2022

News

Hope on wheels: Emergency maternal health units reach farthest corners of the Philippines

The fishing village of Saint Bernard, in the Southern Leyte Province of the Philippines, saw widepsread destruction from Super Typhoon Rai in December 2021, with hundreds of thousands displaced and many homes obliterated by the storm. © UNFPA/Ezra Acayan

19 April 2022

News

Risk of sexual violence, unintended pregnancy soars in crisis settings, new report highlights

UNFPA is providing post-rape treatment kits and other essential health supplies in South Sudan. Sexual violence has been widespread since hostilities erupted last month. © UNFPA/Tim McKulka

12 April 2022

Commission on Population and Development, 55th session

25 April - 29 April 2022

UN Web TV

News

In her words: A heavy monsoon, a flooded hospital and twins on the way. A midwife’s story in Bangladesh

Shakila Parvin, a midwife in the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, helped a woman pregnant with twins deliver during heavy flooding that submerged the health facility's maternity ward, knocked out power and destroyed or damaged equipment and supplies. © UNFPA Bangladesh

07 April 2022

Resources

Easy Read: Our plan to make sure that we include people with disabilities in all our work

Resource date: Dec 2021

Author: UNFPA

News

“I’ve grown a few years in 26 days”: A teenager’s life during wartime

As a youth volunteer helping settle internally displaced persons in Lviv, Viktoria Kravets explains how to fill in residence registration forms. Photo courtesy of Viktoria Kravets

01 April 2022

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s Message at the launch of The State of World Population 2022

Published on: 30/03/2022

Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the Virtual Media Briefing on The State of World Population 2022.

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