Events

15th Rafael M. Salas Memorial Lecture

calendar_today30 April 2019

location_onUnited Nations Headquarters, New York

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Speech

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

calendar_today23 January 2019

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News

A call to protect women and girls on the move

calendar_today05 October 2018

Rohingya refugee girls participate in classes on sexual and reproductive health and life skills at a UNFPA-supported safe space in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The space offers a place to connect with peers and gain support, care and knowledge to help them stay healthy and safe amidst the hardships of forced displacement. © UNFPA/Carly Learson
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News

Relief for women facing treacherous journey to medical care in Guinea-Bissau

calendar_today14 August 2018

UNFPA has built six health facilities in hard-to-reach parts of Guinea-Bissau. Here, a monitoring team digs out of a waterlogged road on their way to a health facility rehabilitation project in Gã-Para. © UNFPA Guinea-Bissau
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News

One-stop care centre helps women amid South Sudan’s epidemic of violence

calendar_today04 July 2018

(Right to left) UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed meet with one-stop centre staff. © UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano
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News

Finding a role model amid confinement of Myanmar’s Rohingya camps

calendar_today31 July 2018

Me Me teaches adolescent girls in the camp about their health and human rights, and helps them understand their own potential. © UNFPA Myanmar
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Updates

Core funding from Sweden supports flexibility and long-term planning to achieve results

calendar_today12 June 2018

UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Dereje Wordofa (second from right), Swedish Deputy Permanent Representative Irina Schoulgin Nyoni (center), and Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed (third from left), at the signing ceremony, with (from left) UNDP Associate Administrator Tegegnework Gettu, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, and OCHA Coordination and Response Director John Ging. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet
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News

In Türkiye, a safe haven for Syrian refugee survivors

calendar_today01 June 2018

Fatima now works as a health mediator at a UNFPA-supported safe space, helping other women and girls. © UNFPA Türkiye
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News

Former child brides find brighter future at Türkiye's safe spaces

calendar_today25 April 2018

Rima*, a 22-year-old mother of two, escaped both violence in Syria and abuse in her home. Today, she works as a health mediator at a UNFPA-supported safe space in Türkiye. © UNFPA Türkiye
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News

Mozambique programme empowers girls to fight gender inequality, child marriage

calendar_today14 February 2018

Girls in the Raparinga Biz meet in a safe space, where they can freely discuss issues including gender equality, violence and their own struggles. © UNFPA Mozambique
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