calendar_today 19 August 2017

Statement

Reproductive health and rights must be protected in crises

Every woman has the right to decide whether or when she will become pregnant, to give birth safely and to be protected from gender-based violence. Yet every day, untold millions…

calendar_today 10 August 2017

News

When school holidays mean FGM

For some girls, school holidays are not all fun and sunshine. In countries like Guinea, Nigeria and Somalia, the vacation period could be called "cutting season," when the break…

calendar_today 16 August 2017

For many girls, school holidays mean FGM “cutting season”

HARGEISA – Asha Ali Ibrahim, 41, has been performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on girls in Diaami, Hargeisa and other parts of Somalia since 1997. July and August are her…

calendar_today 12 August 2017

Statement

Peace depends on the participation of young people

Young people have the potential to act as greater forces for positive social change and to build the foundation for a just and peaceful world.

calendar_today 30 July 2017

“I thought I might die”: Pregnant women struggle to access care in embattled Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria – Ruqayya was pregnant when she fled the embattled city of Deir ez-Zor, in north-eastern Syria, with her husband and two young children. The family took refuge in…

calendar_today 27 July 2017

Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning

APAC, Uganda/LONDON, United Kingdom – Kate Opio, 33, was buoyant, cuddling one of her newborn twins in the maternity ward at a health centre in Uganda’s Apac District. The other…

calendar_today 27 July 2017

Yemen’s deadly cholera outbreak puts pregnant women in danger

SANA’A, Yemen – The cholera outbreak in Yemen is spreading at an unprecedented rate, with suspected cases of acute, watery diarrhoea increasing by an average of 5,000 every day,…

calendar_today 24 July 2017

Generation Breakthrough

Generation Breakthrough is UNFPA’s flagship project on adolescents and youth. Started in 2012 with generous support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,…

calendar_today 10 July 2017

News

World Population Day 2017: Family planning a driver for development

A person’s ability to plan the timing and size of his or her family closely determines the realization of other rights. Unfortunately, the right to family planning is one that…