Publication date

Feb 2024

Author

UNFPA

Resources

Ensuring Quality Maternal Health for Women and Girls of African Descent

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Updates

United Republic of Tanzania: How a UNFPA-UN Women joint programme helps combat gender-based violence and promote bodily autonomy, with support from the Government of the Republic of Korea

calendar_today08 February 2023

Young adolescent girls from Msalala District, residing in the Bugarama Ward, Tanzania, are members of the girls’ club supported by a Republic of Korea-funded UNFPA-UN Women’s joint programme. The programme helps combat gender-based violence and promote bodily autonomy. © UNFPA Tanzania/Warren Bright
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News

Gender equality is the key to a better future for all, world leaders and youth activists agree at Paris Forum

calendar_today30 June 2021

“It is now time to deliver,” said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the opening ceremony of the Generation Equality Forum. © Service photo du Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères
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News

Imprisoned, quarantined women need hygiene supplies in El Salvador

calendar_today21 April 2020

UNFPA and UN Women have distributed more than 1,300 dignity kits containing essential hygiene supplies such as soap and menstrual pads to women living in prisons and quarantine centres. © UNFPA El Salvador
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Five school children in uniform sit and talk. They are smiling.

Publisher

UNESCO, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women and WHO

Publication date

Jan 2018

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

138

Publication

International technical guidance on sexuality education

An evidence-informed approach

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News

Women belong at the centre of peace efforts, women UN leaders urge in Afghanistan

calendar_today24 July 2019

Women UN leaders meet with female leaders and advocates in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women's voices must be heard, they emphasized. © Fardin Waezi / UNAMA
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Statement

JOINT STATEMENT: 1 UN for Family Leave and Childcare

calendar_today31 May 2019

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News

Protecting women and girls after the earthquake in Papua New Guinea

calendar_today26 April 2018

In earthquake-affected Tamande, Mendi, local emergency responders meet with UNFPA staff. © UNFPA
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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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News

UN and EU launch global effort to end violence against women

calendar_today22 September 2017

Svitlana Tavantseva (right) counsels survivors of violence in Ukraine. Too often, she says, women are shamed rather than perpetrators. © UNFPA Ukraine/Maks Levin
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