Statement

Young People Move Development Forward

12 August 2013

News

Too Young to Wed Exhibit on Tour

Photo © Stephanie Sinclair/VII/Tooyoungtowed.org

25 July 2013

News

Scaling Up Strategies to Encourage Abandonment of FGM/C

The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting aims to accelerate changes in entrenced social norms that put some 30 million girls at risk of undergoing this harmful practice. Photo © Sheila McKinnon

23 July 2013

News

African Leaders Review Strategies, Renew Commitments to Combat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

16 July 2013

In the News

Population Trends are an Opportunity, Not a Threat, if Coupled with Smart Policies

01 July 2013

News

Addressing High-Risk Pregnancies in Northeast Brazil

Dr. Osotimehin with Dr. Dolores Fernandez, Director of IPERBA (left) at Bahia's Institute of Perinatology. Photo: Ulisses Lacava/UNFPA Brazil

26 June 2013

News

A Platform for Voices of Arab Youth in a Critical Time

UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin meets with young people at the the Regional Population and Development Conference in Cairo.

24 June 2013

In the News

Report Calls for Sharper Focus on Adolescent Sexual Health Needs in Humanitarian Response

14 June 2013

News

Tokyo Conference Reaffirms Support for Inclusive African Development

Delegates at the conference symposium on family planning and maternal health included (left to right) Ai Tominaga, JOICFP (Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning) Ambassador; UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin; Malawi President Joyce Hilda Banda; Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom, and Tewodros Melesse, Executive Director of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.

04 June 2013

In the News

UN Agencies Encourage Enforcement of FGM/C Ban After Girl’s Death

A counsellor in Egypt holds up cards used to educate women about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Minia in this photo from 2006. REUTERS

11 June 2013