Press Release

More than 7 Million Girls in Poor Countries Give Birth Before 18 Each Year, Finds New UNFPA Report

30 October 2013

News

Graduating Health Pioneers in the World’s Youngest Country

Newly graduated midwives and nurses celebrate as they obtain their diplomas from the Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery in South Sudan. Photo: © UNFPA/South Sudan

21 October 2013

In the News

Too Young to Wed: Indian Girls Say No to Child Marriage

"If I would get married it would not feel good," says Naaku Maayida, 15. "With marriage, children happen, I would have to do the home chores, I would have to fetch water. My parents were illiterate when they had kids." Photo © Stephanie Sinclair/VII/Tooyoungtowed.org

14 October 2013

Opinion

Keep Women and Girls at the Heart of Development

11 October 2013

In the News

Giving birth in the DRC – in pictures

Dr Along Diana Andersen does the rounds, together with nurses, examining post- and prenatal patients in the maternity ward of Mosango hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: © Sven Torfinn/Panos/H4+

08 October 2013

News

A First Birthday Far Away from Home

"Thank God. Although we are in a shelter, his health is very good and I bring him to the clinic with me from time to time," says Rawdah Shalabi, mother of Abdullah who just turned one in the Cyber City refugee complex in Jordan. Above, Rawdah with Abdullah last year (left) and today (right). Photos: ©UNFPA and ©Ra’d Adayleh

04 October 2013

News

Equality, Quality, Accountability: Experts Highlight Priorities for Women’s Health

Photo © José Téllez Elías

03 October 2013

News

Empowering Girls as Leaders of Tomorrow

Farwa Khalil of Pakistan, 17, advocated for ending child marriage at a side event of the 68th UN General Assembly.  © UN Photo / Sarah Fretwell.

27 September 2013

News

Maternal Health: Why Are Women Still Dying?

The panel: (L-R) Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Gita Sen, Christian Friis Bach, Anisul Islam Mahmud, Catherine Hara. Photo © Nicole Foster/UNFPA (L-R) Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, (L-R) Dr. Babatunde Osotimeh

26 September 2013

In the News

Africa 'Ultimate Testing Ground' in Bid to End Poverty

26 September 2013

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