News

Leaders pledge to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths within a generation

Munira Sha'ban, a renowned Jordanian midwife, speaks at a high-level UN event on improving the survival of women, newborns and children. Beside her are Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Chinese diplomacy leader Li Xiaolin, and Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and For Malaria Ray Chambers. Photo credit: Stuart Ramson/UN Foundation

26 September 2014

Statement

Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence

09 October 2014

News

Empowerment programmes help girls break free of violence

Edna Musada, a Sista2Sista facilitator in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, shows girls how to play gutu, a game she uses to demonstrate the importance of family planning. Photo credit: UNFPA Zimbabwe

09 October 2014

News

Displaced Iraqi women, youth receive psychosocial support

Nada (name changed) and her siblings sit in a tent in the Khanke Camp for displaced Iraqis, in Dohuk. They were forced to flee when their community was attacked by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS). Photo credit: UNFPA/Millat Horiri

13 October 2014

News

Human rights, dignity must form cornerstone of future sustainable development

A pregnant woman rests outside the maternity ward at the Kanungu Health Center IV, in Uganda. Photo credit:Tadej Znidarcic

22 September 2014

Publication

2013 Annual Report of FGM Joint Programme: Accelerating Change

Report of Phase I

Number of pages: 52

Publication date: 01 Jan 2014

Author: United Nations Population Fund and United Nations Children’s Fund

Publisher: United Nations Population Fund and United Nations Children’s Fund

News

In southern Malawi, reaping the benefits of investing in adolescent girls

A girl who learned tailoring with the support of the UN Joint Programme for Adolescent Girls (JPAG) in Malawi shows off her latest work. Photo credit: UNFPA Malawi

14 July 2014

News

Violence against women and girls: enough is enough, says UNFPA Head

Displaced women are escorted by peacekeepers as they collect firewood in Sudan, in 2010. The women say they fear being assaulted when they leave their homes. Photo credit: UN Photo/Albert González Farran

25 June 2014

News

Global summit urges to end sexual violence in conflict

Women who have endured gender-based violence receive counselling and other forms of support in a displacement camp in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo credit: OCHA/Gemma Cortes

10 June 2014

News

‘Lost Children’ Reveal Need to Support Families – and Women

<p>Journalist and child advocate Gladys Kalibbala with a boy in Uganda. <i>Photo courtesy of Participant Media</i> </p>

15 May 2014