News
News
22 May 2017
Did you know that more than two million women still live with obstetric fistula, and 50,000 to 100,000 develop fistula every year!
Obstetric fistula is a hole between the birth canal and bladder or... Read more
4 May 2017
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, celebrates the heroic and life-saving work that midwives do every day, often in very trying circumstances. Thanks to midwives, millions of women each year... Read more
18 April 2017
The Governments of Kenya and China in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are hosting the first ever Africa-China conference on Population and Development to discuss the... Read more
10 April 2017
News
By: Gift Malunga, UNFPA Deputy Representative & Officer in Charge and Marko Lesukat, UNFPA Humanitarian Specialist
In a humanitarian crisis saving life is more than just providing food, shelter... Read more
10 March 2017
Statement
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2017
Gender equality is a human right. Women are entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from... Read more
15 February 2017
News
On her first trip as our new Honorary Ambassador Ms. Gina Din visited St Pius Uriri Boys Secondary School in Migori to join our Representative Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee for the First Lady’s 37th... Read more
16 January 2017
News
“He told me he loved me, and I believed him,” says Purity Bahati. Little did she know that two years later, her world would literally turn upside down.
She began a sexual relationship with her... Read more
1 January 2017
Statement
Population ageing – one of the most significant trends of the 21 st century – represents both a cause for celebration and a challenge. To ensure that everyone’s well-being is enhanced through this... Read more
2 December 2016
News
WHEN Elenora Bukateci graduated with a nursing certificate in 1985 from what was then the Central Nursing School, the thought of operating midwifery clinics in an adopted country would have probably... Read more
13 October 2016
News
The story of Aisha Tiro Bahero, aged 30 and a mother of six is not only one of resilience and determination, but also of how access to maternal and child health services is critical in saving women’s... Read more