- 15 May 2024
- Press Release
UNFPA's Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity reaffirms the need for hard-fought rights to be upheld despite emerging global trends
More than 200 participants are gathering in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 15 and 16 May to discuss how to achieve sustainable and equitable development in a world more demographically diverse than ever…
UNFPA's Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity reaffirms the need for…
More than 200 participants are gathering in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 15 and 16 May to discuss how to achieve sustainable and…
Read story- 05 May 2024
- Statement
Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the potential invasion in Rafah
Close to seven months of war has inflicted unimaginable suffering on the people of Gaza, including hundreds of thousands of pregnant and breastfeeding women and newborns. Many have been displaced…
Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the potential…
Close to seven months of war has inflicted unimaginable suffering on the people of Gaza, including hundreds of thousands of…
Read story- 03 May 2024
- Statement
The world must not abandon the women and girls of Haiti
Every day brings new horrors for women and girls in Port-au-Prince, as violence has reached terrifying levels in recent months. Residents of the Haitian capital and surrounding areas live in fear as…
The world must not abandon the women and girls of Haiti
Every day brings new horrors for women and girls in Port-au-Prince, as violence has reached terrifying levels in recent months.…
Read story- 02 May 2024
- Statement
Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife 2024
Right now, around the world, millions of lives are in the hands of midwives. Whether they are wading through flood waters to reach pregnant women or delivering babies amid the rubble of an earthquake…
Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International…
Right now, around the world, millions of lives are in the hands of midwives. Whether they are wading through flood waters to…
Read story- 30 Apr 2024
- Statement
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME/WASHINGTON – Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),…
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the…
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME/WASHINGTON – Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger…
Read story- 29 Apr 2024
- Press Release
Urgent call for country leadership and global solidarity to End Maternal and Newborn Deaths by 2030
New York 29 April 2024 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will join global leaders to call for renewed commitment towards progress on eradicating preventable maternal and newborn deaths at…
Urgent call for country leadership and global solidarity to End Maternal and…
New York 29 April 2024 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will join global leaders to call for renewed commitment…
Read story- 26 Apr 2024
- Media Advisory
Countries agree to accelerate action to implement historic plan on population and development, and boost progress towards the SDGs
Human well-being has significantly improved over the past three decades. Life expectancy has risen globally from 64.5 years in 1994 to 73.7 years in 2024. Poverty declined from nearly 34 per cent of…
Countries agree to accelerate action to implement historic plan on population…
Human well-being has significantly improved over the past three decades. Life expectancy has risen globally from 64.5 years in…
Read story- 17 Apr 2024
- Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on efforts to repeal the ban on female genital mutilation in the Gambia
Turning back the clock on FGM in the Gambia would deprive women and girls of their rights
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on efforts to repeal…
Turning back the clock on FGM in the Gambia would deprive women and girls of their rights
Read story- 16 Apr 2024
- Press Release
New UNFPA report finds 30 years of progress in sexual and reproductive health has mostly ignored the most marginalized communities
Geneva 17 April 2024 – Sweeping global gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights over the last thirty years are marred by an ugly truth – millions of women and girls have not benefited…
New UNFPA report finds 30 years of progress in sexual and reproductive health…
Geneva 17 April 2024 – Sweeping global gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights over the last thirty years are marred…
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