calendar_today 15 September 2016

UNFPA supports the launch of the Midwives Association of Kenya

The historic event marks the establishment of a midwifery-focused association that will champion the interests of midwives in Kenya.

calendar_today 06 September 2016

Beating fistula trauma in Kilifi County

In April UNFPA supported a fistula training camp in Kilifi County organized by the Freedom from Fistula Foundation

calendar_today 28 August 2016

Press Release

African leaders, partners commit to actions to empower youth, women to transform Africa

NAIROBI, 28 August 2016. African, Japanese and other leaders at the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), in Nairobi, agreed today on more…

calendar_today 26 August 2016

Chatterjee Appointed to Lead UN in Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya 26 August 2016 - Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee, has been appointed United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya where he will lead and coordinate 25 UN agencies in the…

calendar_today 19 August 2016

Statement

World Humanitarian Day

In response to today’s humanitarian challenges, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, provides life-saving services, supplies and information for sexual and reproductive…

calendar_today 12 August 2016

Statement

Young People and the Road to 2030

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, celebrates International Youth Day by reaffirming and recognizing the central role of young people in promoting the well-being of their…

calendar_today 13 July 2016

Agonizing 50 years with fistula

At the bloom of her youth, exactly 50 years ago, Jumwa Kabibu Kai, a resident of Kidutani, a small village in Chonyi, Kilifi County, Kenya, was psychologically prepared for the…

calendar_today 13 July 2016

Statement

Message for World Population Day 2016 by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director

The teenage years are for some girls a time of exploration, learning and increasing autonomy. But for many others, it is a time of increasing vulnerability and exclusion from…