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Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are harmed physically or psychologically, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and... Read more
Confronting the silent and endemic crisis of harmful practices
Urgent, accelerated action needed to stop female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other practices that harm women and girls, according to new UNFPA report 30 June 2020, NEW YORK—Every year,... Read more
A Blight on Humanity’s Conscience
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Sexual violence in conflict is a threat to our collective... Read more
Mwanamke aelezea jinsi maisha yalivyomsononesha na ugonjwa wa fistula
Huku Ulimwengu ukitenga siku ya hamasisho dhidi ya ugonjwa wa nasuri Jumamosi iliyopita. Evelyne Shani alikuwa miongoni mwa wagonjwa wengi waliofanyiwa upasuaji wa bure katika hospitali ya rufaa ya... Read more
Communities have to be on the frontlines of ending FGM
If Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was dead, all the 67 girls currently at Tasaru Girls Center in Narok County would be at home with their families. Not at this safe house where they run to in fear... Read more
Presidential Commitment To End Female Genital Mutilation By 2022
On the 4th of June, 2019, His Excellency (H.E) President Uhuru Kenyatta made a firm commitment to put an end to female genital mutilation (FGM) by the year 2022. The enactment of the Prohibition of... Read more
Taking reproductive health commodities to the last mile
UNFPA has launched a program dubbed “the last mile Kenya” implemented through a public-private partnership between KEMSA (Kenya Medical Supplies Authority) and Coca Cola Beverage Africa, which seeks... Read more
Government incorporates young people in efforts to end FGM
With FGM having been outlawed, the government is using all means in its hands to ensure that the harmful cultural practices is completely abandoned. At the national level, the government is... Read more
Communities have to be on the frontlines of ending FGM
If Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was dead, all the 67 girls currently at Tasaru Girls Center in Narok County would be at home with their families. Not at this safe house where they run to in fear... Read more
People-centered development is critical for Africa's future to ensure the Africa We Want
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, recommitted to the revolutionary decision taken at the 1994 International Conference on Population and... Read more