calendar_today 20 May 2014

State of the World's Midwifery Report 2014 to be released in June

CAIRO, Egypt - In all countries that have achieved a dramatic decrease in maternal and newborn death, well-trained health professionals have been a key to success. The…

calendar_today 09 April 2014

Mapping a Sustainable Development Agenda for the 21st Century

UNITED NATIONS, New York – Twenty years ago in Cairo, the Programme of Action adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) articulated…

calendar_today 07 April 2014

Collective Regional Efforts Pave the Way towards Improved Midwifery Education across the Arab States

CAIRO, Egypt — Improved midwifery education programs and modalities can assist in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity in the Arab States, and is an urgent…

calendar_today 31 March 2014

Arab Civil Society Declares Support to the Forward-looking Agenda of ICPD Beyond 2014

CAIRO, Egypt — “Arab women in partnership with men ought to break the silence and raise their voices against the injustices they face in order to achieve women…

calendar_today 19 March 2014

Press Release

An Estimated 200,000 Pregnant Women in Syria in Need of Urgent Care, Warns UNFPA

AMMAN, Jordan — As the conflict in Syria enters its fourth year, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is calling for urgent support to protect the lives of the…

calendar_today 11 March 2014

Equality for Women in Yemen is Progress for All

SANAA, Yemen — “Today, in Yemen, many women are deprived of their basic human rights as citizens of this country. Globally, it is still considered one of the…

calendar_today 10 March 2014

Moroccan Y-Peers Mobilize Fellow Youth for Gender Equality

RABAT, Morocco - Role plays unfolding the consequences of gender inequality in the lives of Moroccan girls were a centerpiece of the Y-Peers outreach to students at a high…

calendar_today 08 March 2014

International Women’s Day: Progress for women and girls is progress for all

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin - See more at: http://arabstates.unfpa.org/public/pid/16763#sthash.irVb62Bl.dpuf

calendar_today 12 February 2014

Press Release

Development is Being Derailed by Ignoring Equality, Rights and Women’s Health, UN Cautions

New UN report says development gains from the past 20 years cannot be sustained unless governments tackle the inequalities that hurt the poorest and most marginalized - See more…