News
News
31 October 2017
Press Release
PRESS RELEASE
31st October 2017
Italy grants 500,000 Euros to Reproductive Health and Rights in Palestine
Tuesday 31 October 2017, Jerusalem - The Italian Government is contributing to women’s... Read more
11 October 2017
Statement
Girls today enjoy better life prospects than previous generations in many ways. Prosperity and nutrition are improving, child marriage and teenage pregnancy are declining, and female educational... Read more
22 August 2017
News
The Status of Vulnerable and Marginalized Youth Groups in Palestine
United Nations Population Fund and the Ministry of Social Development launched an analytical study, "The Status of Vulnerable and... Read more
11 August 2017
Statement
Statement by the United Nations Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities, Robert Piper, and the UNFPA Representative, Anders Thomsen,
on the occasion of International Youth Day... Read more
11 July 2017
Statement
Every day, vulnerable women, especially those who are poor and are refugees, face social, economic and geographic obstacles to voluntary family planning services and information.
Fifty years ago... Read more
4 May 2017
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin for the International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2017
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, celebrates the heroic and life-saving... Read more
1 December 2016
Statement
It is past time to get serious about HIV prevention. We cannot hope to end the AIDS epidemic when every day almost 6,000 people are infected with HIV.
Progress on prevention has stagnated. Since 2010... Read more
21 October 2016
Statement
Op-ed
#africagirls@10
Ten-year-old Temawelase is a sixth-grader in a rural community in the Hhohho region of Swaziland. Almost 4000 miles away, her age-mate Daline has just finished primary school... Read more
20 October 2016
Press Release
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 20 October 2016—Forced marriage, child labour, female genital mutilation and other practices undermining girls’ health and rights threaten the world’s ambitious development... Read more
22 March 2016
Press Release
With a Contribution from the Government of Japan
UNFPA Combats Breast Cancer in the State of Palestine
Ramallah, 22 March 2016 – The Government of Japan and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund... Read more