Tag: UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
Ethiopia: Raising voices of survivors to create a generation free from free genital mutilation
When she was fourteen, Zekia discovered that her parents were secretly preparing for her older sister to undergo female...
Heroic midwives help women deliver babies in a warzone as conflict hits Sudan
"We are working all day every day across three hospitals. For women and girls who don’t have means of...
Angola’s youth take charge of their sexual and reproductive health through UNFPA programme
Youth activist Silvia Francisco was stumped by an internal battle she faced – until she joined a programme that...
Hacked with a machete by her husband, young woman gets justice with UNFPA support
Anna Salima, 24, has painful memories of her two marriages. With her first marriage, it took her just a...
Survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy face Mozambique’s worst cholera outbreak in two decades
Tropical Cyclone Freddy and widespread flooding have swept through Mozambique, killing 183 people and leaving more than 640,000 homeless. Making...
Young mothers in Malawi find a space safe from Tropical Storm Freddy’s catastrophic consequences
“We are sleeping in the cold,” says 19-year-old Mirriam Karilito, who is seven months pregnant. “And when the rains...
End alarmist narratives on population growth and recognize women’s rights
In its 2023 State of World Population report, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) said that while reaching...
Namibian maternity waiting home reduces risks for young mothers-to-be
Expecting her first child this month, Karikikuta van der Merve, 18, found herself in a predicament. Her tender age...
UN Volunteers promoting digitalization of the health system in São Tomé and Príncipe
In the small island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, Alex Mkwamba serves as a UN Volunteer Epidemiologist with...
UN Volunteers delivering life-changing health care in Guinea Bissau
On World Health Day 2023, the global community emphasizes the importance of accessible and equitable health care for all....
Midwives in the DRC use innovative birthing model with sexual violence survivors
When 16-year-old Esther* arrived at Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, doctors confirmed her...
UNFPA brief explores climate change’s disproportionate harm on people of African descent
In 2021, a double disaster struck Haiti when Tropical Storm Grace hit the island nation just two days after...