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March 08, 2023
Africa: Five Reasons Why Women and Girls Must Have Equal Rights in Our Digital World
International Women's Day is an occasion for people around the world to celebrate the contributions of women and girls to all aspects of human progress. But it is also an… Read more »
February 07, 2023
Africa: The Road to Ending Female Genital Mutilation Must Be Paved in Partnership With Men and Boys
Joint Opinion Editorial from Mohamed Fall, UNICEF Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa and Lydia Zigomo, UNFPA Regional Director, East and Southern Africa, on… Read more »
December 02, 2022
Africa: Time to Close the Deep Disparities That Leave So Many Persons With Disabilities Behind
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022 Read more »
November 30, 2022
Africa: Recommit to Equality to Address HIV As a Major Global Public Health Threat
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2022 Read more »
November 29, 2022
Africa: Innovative Solutions for Ending Female Genital Mutilation Win Seed Funding
Two ground-breaking innovative solutions for ending female genital mutilation (FGM) on the continent are the winners of UNFPA's FGM Innovation Hacklab. Read more »
November 28, 2022
Africa: 'For Women and Girls, No Place Is Safe' - Urgent Action Needed to Combat Digital Violence
"Can you put a price tag on human life? Can there be a penalty strong enough against those who, for their own amusement, mentally torture people until they end their own lives?" Read more »
November 24, 2022
Africa: Violence Against Women and Girls - Stand in Solidarity and Say 'Enough', UNFPA Says
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2022 Read more »
November 11, 2022
Africa: Global Quest to End FGM By 2030 'Needs All Hands On Deck'
UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation is acelerating efforts to end FGM Read more »
November 10, 2022
Africa: High-Level Commission On Nairobi Summit Endorses Justice Framework to Accelerate Commitments and Counter Backlash Against Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
The High-Level Commission on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 Follow-up has launched a groundbreaking new report making sexual and reproductive justice a vehicle for delivering on… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Africa: Investing In Young People's Health - Access To Sexual And Reproductive Health And Mental Health
2022 YouthConnekt Africa Summit Read more »
August 04, 2022
Africa: Call for Young Innovators and Youth-Led Innovation Hubs to Help End FGM and Early and Unintended Pregnancies
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, announces the launch of two Innovation Crowdsourcing HackLabs for young African innovators and youth-led hubs based… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Africa: Girl Defies Stigma of Rape and Resulting Motherhood to Pursue Her Dream of Being a Lawyer
NGAZIDJA, Moroni, Comoros - After school, Mariama* was invited over one day by a man who was well known in the neighbourhood. "I followed him into his house. I did not know that he… Read more »
July 11, 2022
Africa: World Set to Reach 8 Billion People On 15 November 2022
Demographic milestone is evidence of great progress, but opportunities, challenges lie ahead Read more »
July 06, 2022
Africa: Gender and Income Inequalities Driving Teenage Motherhood in Developing Countries, New Report Confirms
Almost one third of women in developing countries had their first baby while they were still in their teens, a recently released report shows, with nearly half of those new mothers… Read more »
July 05, 2022
Africa: Nearly a Third of All Women in Developing Countries Become Mothers During Adolescence - Research
Nearly a third of all women in developing countries begin childbearing at age 19 and younger, and nearly half of first births to adolescents are to children, or girls aged 17 and… Read more »
June 29, 2022
Africa: Neglected Crisis of Unintended Pregnancies Has Lifelong Impact - UN Report
Nearly half of all pregnancies, totalling 121 million worldwide each year, are unintended, explains the State of World Population 2022 report, released at a high-level event to… Read more »
June 22, 2022
Africa: Bursaries Keep Girls in School, to Avoid Child Marriage and Early Pregnancy
DEDZA, Malawi--For the past three years, Lusita Maikolo has been in and out of school. Her parents could not always afford to pay her school fees, and this led to her being… Read more »
June 17, 2022
Africa: International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
When wars begin, so does the terror and devastation of sexual violence. The bodies of women and girls become battlefields. Rape is used as a weapon of war just as surely as the… Read more »
May 26, 2022
Africa: Climate Justice Requires Ending Climate Crisis-Related Child Marriages
Climate justice will not become a reality unless sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), which are crucial to achieving gender equality, are placed at the centre of… Read more »
May 05, 2022
Africa: Global Health Systems Must Invest in Midwives
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife [May 5,2022] Read more »
April 29, 2022
Africa: One Woman's Winning Idea in Taking Climate Action Harnesses the Power of the Sun
As a girl, Agnes Kimweri would visit her village's sole medical dispensary in Tanzania and see a steady stream of motorcycles emitting noxious fumes dropping off patients. When she… Read more »
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