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Development Policy and the Challenge of Growth
Germany
BERLIN --- The paramount challenge of this century is to meet the needs of 7 billion human beings now – and the billions to come – while protecting the intricate balance of nature that sustains life, UNFPA Executive…
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Two More Corners of Ethiopia Call for an End to Genital Cutting
Ethiopia
ARAR REGION, Ethiopia — In a ceremony of poetry, drama and music, the Buremudaytu and Argoba districts in the Afar region officially abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting earlier this month.
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Sudan: The Campaign against Cutting Goes to School
Sudan
GADARIF, Sudan — When Ahfad University for Women in Omdurman began offering a course in community development in the 1990s meant for mature, illiterate women farmers, the main goal was to expand the students’ role in…
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Next Three Years to Set Stage for New Development Frontiers, UNFPA Leader Says
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The next three years are critical for the global development agenda, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin declared today at the UNFPA Executive Board's first formal session…
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More Communities in Senegal Disavow Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting
Senegal
PATA, Senegal — As Senegal edges closer to becoming the first African country to fully abandon the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting, younger women are supporting campaigns to change social norms surrounding…
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Catalyzing Powerful Partnerships: UNFPA Executive Director at Davos
Switzerland
DAVOS, Switzerland – Each January this Swiss resort village becomes a dynamic centre of world attention as some of its most important leaders and thinkers gather to share ideas at the World Economic Forum.
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Preparing for Rio+20
UNITED NATIONS, New York – UNFPA and others, including the G77 and the European Union, called for more emphasis on population dynamics, gender equity and reproductive health in the first round of negotiations on the…
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Rewarding the Heroic Work of Midwives in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
KABUL — In mid-December, Maliha walked for five days to reach Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, in northeastern Afghanistan, to receive her award as best midwife in the province.
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At the Heart of Sex Selection, a Preference for Boys
Viet Nam
The sex-ratio imbalance that has plagued certain Asian countries has been increasing in the last few years with one exception, the Republic of Korea, while a few European countries, including Albania, Armenia and…
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Prepares for its First Census in over 20 Years
Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — In this capital city, preparations are under way for a nationwide population and housing census—the first to be held in the country in more than 20 years.
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For Haiti, Lighting Up the Camps and ‘Smile Clinics’
Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Two years after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, more than 500,000 people still live in camps as reconstruction efforts have not kept up with demands for housing and cholera remains a…
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In Mogadishu, Nothing Is Simple
Somalia
MOGADISHU — Somalia Medina Hospital, one of Mogadishu’s two major hospitals, sits in a spacious compound in the western part of the capital. It focuses on trauma and emergency maternal medicine, treating several hundred…
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