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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
Accountability for Accelerating the Fight to End FGM: Engaging County Administrators and Leadership
The Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS), Ministry of Public Service and Gender, Hon. Rachel She- besh visited Nyamira, Kisii, Narok, Kisumu, Ka- kamega, and Embu counties to engage the county... 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
Kenya Runs to End FGM by 2022
The First Lady of the Republic of Kenya H.E Mar- garet Kenyatta on the 8th of March led thousands of Kenyans in kicking off the 2020 edition of the Beyond Zero Half Marathon at the Nyayo Stadium in... Read more
FGM Stakeholders and Partners Hold Strategic Dialogue
The Ministry of Public Service and Gender and the Anti FGM Board with support from UNFPA hosted a Strategic Dialogue on FGM. The watershed event brought together develop- ment partners and other... 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