News

Former child bride, once sold to pay debts, finds a new start

A woman in Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq/Seivan Salim

26 March 2020

Updates

UNFPA and UNICEF renew multi-country initiative to protect millions of girls from child marriage

10 Mar 2020

The Global Programme is helping a girls' club stamp out child marriage in Ethiopia. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw

News

“If you love me, know my status”: Safeguard Young People helps young people cast off HIV stigma

Chifundo Tindo now trains other people to provide stigma-free comprehensive sexuality education. © UNFPA

01 December 2019

Speech

Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 Closing Ceremony

14 November 2019

News

Leaders call on world to end scourge of gender violence

South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have seen particularly widespread sexual and gender-based violence, both during and in the aftermath of conflict. © UNFPA DRC

26 September 2019

News

Child bride, mother of seven, refugee and, today, an independent woman

A Syrian refugee in northern Iraq. © UNFPA/Seivan Salim

21 June 2019

News

A nightmare within a nightmare: Taking on sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian crises

UNFPA holds sessions raising awareness about gender-based violence, and the availability of support services, in a displacement camp in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen

28 May 2019

News

A long road to safety, healing for refugee mothers in Iraq

17 May 2019

Updates

ICPD25: Gender equality needed for “unlocking the full potential of a country”

26 Feb 2019

Speech

Statement of the Executive Director to the First Regular Session of the Executive Board 2019

23 January 2019

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