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Italy grants 500,000 Euros to Reproductive Health and Rights in Palestine
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
ED Statement: International Day of the Girl Bride
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
Launch of an analytical study
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
International Youth Day 2017 Joint 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
World Population Day
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
International Day of the Midwife Statement by UNFPA Executive Director
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
HIV prevention goes beyond access to services - it's about more inclusive societies
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
Op-Ed - State of World Population 2016 - English
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
Investing in 10-year-old girls could yield huge demographic dividend, pump billions into national economies
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