August 03, 2022
Ethiopia: How Conflict Fuels Sexual Violence in Northern Ethiopia
"We tried to flee on the back of a truck, but they caught us. They took me away, raped me and left me in the bush." Mahlet* was just 17 when she fled her home in November 2021 to… 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 18, 2022
Ethiopia: 'Thanks to the Dignity Kit, I Can Live Freely and Healthily'
"I couldn't go out of my tent during my period as I didn't have other clothes to change into. The dignity kit has helped restore my mobility and dignity, and also prevented my baby… 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 30, 2022
Uganda: HIV-Positive Teen Mum Inspires Her Peers By Sharing Her Life Experiences As a Peer Educator
Young people find it easy to talk to 20-year-old Rebecca. Not only is she confident, warm and knowledgeable, particularly about sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR),… 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 »
June 13, 2022
Mozambique: Equal Rights for People With Albinism - 'The Blood That Runs in Our Veins Is the Same'
When she was younger, Bastina Agostinho's mother abandoned her because she has albinism, a rare and genetically inherited condition present from birth. Read more »
June 09, 2022
Ethiopia: Fistula Cases Soar Due to Conflict in Tigray, Says Fistula Centre Medical Director
"When Birchiko came to the centre, she weighed 32kg. She was severely malnourished," says Dr. Melaku Abreha, Medical Director at the Hamlin Fistula Centre in Mekelle. "She had… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Botswana: 5 Ways the World Is Changing How It Sees Menstruation
SELOKOLELA - "Menstruation is still considered a secret that is hardly discussed," Ogaufi Moisakamo, in Botswana, told UNFPA. "When I got my first period, I was also ashamed of… Read more »
May 31, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Worst Drought in 40 Years Threatens to Derail Gains in Maternal and Newborn Health
"When I saw my baby's hand coming out, I ran for our lives. We travelled nearly 90 kilometres to the nearest health facility... We are both lucky to be alive." Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Worst Drought in 40 Years Threatens to Derail Gains in Maternal and Newborn Health
GODE, Ethiopia - "When I saw my baby's hand coming out, I ran for our lives. We travelled nearly 90 kilometres to the nearest health facility... We are both lucky to be alive." Read more »
Uganda: Involving Men in Tackling Gender-Based Violence
As a community educator on child abuse and gender-based violence, Amos Ojandu often responds to domestic violence incidents in his local district of Yumbe in northern Uganda. Read more »
May 27, 2022
Ethiopia: Fistula Cases Have Soared as a Result of Conflict, Says the Medical Director of Hamlin Fistula Center in Tigray
“When Birchiko came to the centre, she only weighed 32kg. She was severely malnourished and her hips and knees were flexed and fixed,” explains Dr. Melaku Abreha,… 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 16, 2022
Madagascar: Midwife Helps a Mother Deliver Safely in UNFPA-Supplied Tent in Cyclone-Affected Madagascar #AfricaClimateCrisis
At mid-afternoon, a special baby lets out her first cry. Weighing a healthy 2.5kgs, Noelia has just been born in a tent serving as a temporary maternity ward at Mananjary's… Read more »
May 12, 2022
Botswana: Leaving No One Behind in Botswana's First Digital Census
Segolame Bolosaka, 23, a young mother of two and with a third child on the way, works with her partner on a farm and lives in Kgare, a small settlement with no clinic, school or… 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 »