News

Stand against rape and gender-based violence, UNFPA and partners urge

Salwa's* experience shows the vulnerabilities of survivors who do not receive qualified and timely support.. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 25 November 2019
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Publication

Icons & Activists: 50 years of people making change

Number of pages: 240

Publication date: 14 Nov 2019

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of UNFPA and the 25th of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, this book showcases the "change makers" who have made substantial contributions to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and population and development more broadly. The purpose of this book is to give some sense of how much has been achieved through the efforts of so many - and perhaps to offer inspiration for the future.

Imagine a world...

Published on: 13/11/2019

Imagine a world where no one is subjected to violence because of their gender, where no girl is forced to marry, where no girl of woman is subjected to female genital mutilation of harmful practice. Imagine a world where every couple can decide freely when and if to have children.

News

Nuns and monks break the silence on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Bhutan

Nuns and monks gathered at Pangrizampa College of Astrology to speak with UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem about their work on sexual and reproductive health and rights. © UNFPA Bhutan/Nilanjana Bose
  • 04 November 2019
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News

Real men respect women, says school for husbands in Burkina Faso

The school for husbands and future husbands teaches men to empower their wives through behavior change. Here, men practice domestic skills to ease the burden on their wives. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
  • 03 October 2019
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News

Global efforts show progress on making women and girls feel safe

The comprehensive sexuality education workshops in Jujuy create safe spaces for youth to speak freely. © UNFPA Argentina/Clara Campos
  • 30 September 2019
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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
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Publication

UNFPA Gender Equality Strategy 2019

Number of pages: 51

Publication date: 22 Aug 2019

Author: UNFPA

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Displaced women in eastern Ethiopia stand up to pressure, stigma over family planning

Trik Dulene (sitting) with friends in the Kologe II displacement camp. She teaches women about family planning. © UNFPA Ethiopia
  • 02 August 2019
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News

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

Women UN leaders meet with female leaders and advocates in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women's voices must be heard, they emphasized. © Fardin Waezi / UNAMA
  • 24 July 2019
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