Events

Commission on Population and Development, 54th session

calendar_today19 April - 23 April 2021

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News

Elopement or kidnapping? A love story in Afghanistan

calendar_today13 April 2021

Many young people in Afghanistan have no say over whether or whom to marry. Pictured: a ring belonging to one Afghan child bride. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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News

Bodily autonomy: Busting 7 myths that undermine individual rights and freedoms

calendar_today14 April 2021

A survivor of childhood violence in Ghana, during a conversation about her experience. Violations of bodily autonomy can leave lasting emotional scars. © UNFPA/George Koranteng
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News

Serbian women with disabilities shatter taboos, transform health services amid pandemic

calendar_today12 April 2021

Mónika Zsúnyi and other advocates are making their local communities and health systems more inclusive. Image courtesy of Mónika Zsúnyi
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A publication on reproductive health for women with disabilities is published in Braille

calendar_today06 April 2021

A reproductive health booklet for women with disabilities was published in Braille and distributed to libraries and schools for the visually impaired in Kazakhstan. © UNFPA Kazakhstan
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South-South and Triangular Cooperation

Indonesian young women engaged in a discussion with international experts and policymakers visiting Indonesia.

Updates

Republic of Korea-supported knowledge centres advance gender equality in Tanzania

calendar_today24 March 2021

Women learn about their rights and gender equality at a knowledge centre in Malito village, Shinyanga. @ UNFPA Tanzania/Karlien Truyens
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Video

The Bridge 'Portobelo' - Mini Documentary | UNFPA

calendar_today25 March 2021

The Bridge 'Portobelo' - Mini Documentary | UNFPA

The Bridge 'Portobelo' - Mini Documentary | UNFPA

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UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem's Message on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

calendar_today25 March 2021

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem's Message on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem's Message on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

To mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem honours the memory of those forced from their homelands and calls for the end of slavery's legacy of racism and discrimination that continues to oppress people of African descent today. 

News

We must empower women and girls to claim their bodily autonomy, leaders affirm

calendar_today19 March 2021

Catarina Furtado visits a new mother in a maternity ward. The right to make essential choices, such as when and whether to become a parent, and to see a doctor, must be realized for all, she said. Image courtesy of Catarina Furtado.
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