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Use your skills to be innovative and transform your country - UN Youth Envoy at the Gambia Songhai Initiative Graduation
Chamen, Gambia, 5 February 2018 The UN Secretary General’s Youth Envoy, Jayathma Wickramanayake, together with UN Resident Coordinator, Ade Mamonyane Lekoetje and UNFPA Country Representative, Kunle... Read more
African presidents urge investment in youth as continent sees rare demographic opportunity
World Bank Vice President Keith Hansen, President Idriss Déby of Chad, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and moderator Folly... Read more
New multi-country initiative will protect millions of girls from child marriage – UNICEF/UNFPA
NEW YORK, 8 March 2016 — A new multi-country initiative to accelerate action to end child marriage will help protect the rights of millions of the... Read more
Kenyan journalist wins first UNFPA/Guardian award for FGM reporting
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 8 February 2016 – Diana Kendi Makale, a journalist from Kenya, was selected as the winner of the first Efua Dorkenoo Pan... Read more
Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation by 2030, say UNFPA and UNICEF
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, and UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, on the 2016 International Day of Zero... Read more
UNFPA E-Courses on Procurement and Supply Chain
Free UNFPA E-Courses on Procurement and Supply Chain: UNFPA has developed three e-courses in Procurement and Supply Chain related subjects. The... Read more
The Efua Dorkenoo Pan African Award for Reportage on Female Genital Mutilation
UNFPA/The Guardian are proud to announce the media award for journalists reporting on FGM across Africa. The award is named "the Efua Dorkenoo... Read more
Statement for International Day of the Midwife by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
Today, on the International Day of the Midwife, we stand in solidarity with midwives worldwide and thank them for the life-saving work they do.
Message on the occasion of International Women’s Day: Beijing at 20 by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director 8 March 2015
During the upcoming Commission on the Status of Women, we look to the world’s leaders to commit to stronger action and the full implementation of the... Read more
Joint Statement on International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
UNFPA, UNICEF, the International Confederation of Midwives and the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics A call to action for... Read more