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Free Medical Camp Provides Hope and Healing for Fistula Survivors
A free medical camp held to mark the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula provided free screening and treatment to 479 women, with 49 receiving... Read more
UNFPA and partners launch drought response initiative aimed at building resilient health and protection systems
UNFPA has partnered with the county governments of Garissa, Turkana, Marsabit, Isiolo, Samburu, and Mandera and non-governmental partners to... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife 2023
Every year on this day, we celebrate midwives for their unwavering commitment to saving lives and ensuring the health and wellbeing of women and... Read more
UN Deputy Secretary General and UNFPA Executive Director honour midwives at Kenya’s largest maternity hospital on International Day of the Midwife
Nairobi, 5 May 2023 - The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem today... Read more
Fashion expressions: Celebration as young women graduate in first-of its kind fashion training and empowerment programme
Following the successful completion of a six-month training course on fashion and design, thirteen young women have graduated under the "Fashion... Read more
Strengthening supply chains to advance family planning and maternal health
Since its launch in 2008, the UNFPA supplies partnership has focused on delivering a choice of modern contraceptives and life-saving maternal health... Read more
The virtual is real: Queentah Wambulwa on surviving digital violence
I woke up to what seemed like a million notifications on my phone. Someone had published naked photos and videos of me in our local village Facebook... Read more
BodyRight campaign: Meet the young Kenyans calling for an end to technology facilitated gender-based violence
At a recent session on technology-facilitated gender-based violence organized by UNFPA and the UNFPA Youth Advisory Panel in Kenya, young men and... Read more
Government of Japan and UNFPA partner to boost the economic resilience of refugee women in Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement
24 year old Achan Cham Omot has been living in Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement for the last six years. “It’s hard to find formal employment as a... Read more
Rapid gender analysis reveals GBV a silent disaster amidst Kenya’s drought emergency
A rapid gender analysis of the ongoing drought emergency in Garissa, Samburu, Kajiado, and Turkana counties in Kenya reveals a dire situation for... Read more