Updates

Launch of First Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Development Impact Bond in Kenya

calendar_today05 October 2023

Adolescent girls download the TIKO App to access services offered with funding provided through the ASRH DIB. © Triggerise
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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Jul 2023

Resources

Factors associated with the perception of ease and intention to practice female genital mutilation on daughters: A cross-sectional study of cross-border communities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda

This study addresses cross-border female genital mutilation (FGM) practice, cross-border FGM takes place when communities cross national borders to perform FGM, circumvent laws and avoid prosecution. Using data from a recent cross-border study, this paper aims to identify factors associated with the perception of the ease of cross-border FGM and the intention to perform FGM on daughters and female relatives in the border communities of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda.

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Midwives are saving lives amidst the worst drought in 40 years in Kenya

calendar_today08 June 2023

Midwives are saving lives amidst the worst drought in 40 years in Kenya

Midwives are saving lives amidst the worst drought in 40 years in Kenya

Charity is one of the UNFPA-supported midwives who is responding to the worst drought in 40 years in the Horn of Africa.

See how we’re protecting the health and rights of millions of women and girls affected by this humanitarian crisis in Kenya.

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Protecting the health and rights of women and girls affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa

calendar_today25 May 2023

Protecting the health and rights of women and girls affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa

Protecting the health and rights of women and girls affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa

Dedan is one of the UNFPA-supported health workers responding to the worst drought in 40 years in Kenya.

See how we’re protecting the health and rights of millions of women and girls affected by this humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa.

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Delivering life-saving services to millions of women in the Horn of Africa

calendar_today25 May 2023

Delivering life-saving services to millions of women in the Horn of Africa

Delivering life-saving services to millions of women in the Horn of Africa

"I fled from my home because of lack of security, disaster and drought."

Due to the worst drought in 40 years in the Horn of Africa, women like Rukia (38) are in urgent need of services in Kenya.

See how UNFPA is delivering life-saving support to women and girls affected by this humanitarian crisis.

News

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

calendar_today24 March 2023

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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Countering female genital mutilation in Sudan: “I didn’t know it was possible not to cut my daughter”

calendar_today23 March 2023

Members of a UNFPA-supported community network in Sudan speak to women in about the dangers of female genital mutilation. © UNFPA Sudan
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Severe drought fuels malnutrition and reduces hospital deliveries among pregnant women in Kenya’s Turkana County

calendar_today27 December 2022

Health workers attend to pregnant and breastfeeding mothers at an outreach visit supported by UNFPA in Loima Sub-county. © UNFPA/Luis Tato
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Updates

Prada Group & UNFPA Create First-of-Its-Kind Fashion Training Programme in Ghana and Kenya

calendar_today20 October 2022

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Health and violence risks multiply for women and girls in Kenya as worst drought in 40 years takes hold

calendar_today17 October 2022

Women attend a UNFPA-supported integrated community health outreach session on prevention and response to gender-based violence. Lokapararai village, Turkana county, Kenya. © UNFPA Kenya
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