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UNFPA Kenya receives £500,000 funding from UKAID to strengthen reproductive health commodity security
Nairobi, 1 September 2022– UNFPA Kenya has received £500,000 (KES 69.8 Million) in funding from UKAid that will go towards strengthening reproductive... Read more
#ItTakesAVillage: Helping mums deliver safely in the harshest conditions
In the last seven and a half years, reproductive health assistant Ruth Ndwiga has supported communities in humanitarian settings across Kenya, South... Read more
Strengthening Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Kenya
In 2022, UNFPA supported the Civil Registration Services to publish the ninth annual Kenya Vital Statistics Report. This report showcases the current... Read more
Engaging youth in the prevention of technology-assisted GBV during Kenya’s election period
UNFPA partnered with Healthcare Assistance Kenya (HAK 1195), the Gender Violence Recovery Centre and the Collaborative Centre for Gender and... Read more
300 motorcycle taxi operators in Kisumu and Eldoret counties commit to champion safety of women and girls in public transport
Ahead of the 2022 general elections in Kenya, UNFPA engaged boda-boda (motorcycle taxi) operators on the prevention and response to gender-based... Read more
Empowering young people with intellectual disabilities to access sexual and reproductive health information
A new handbook designed to equip adolescents and youth with intellectual disabilities with life skills is making sexual and reproductive health and... Read more
UNFPA partners with the University of Nairobi and GBV AoR to launch Post Graduate Diploma in Gender Based Violence in Emergencies
UNFPA and the Gender-Based Violence Area of Responsibility (GBV AoR) have partnered with the University of Nairobi, Institute of Anthropology, Gender... Read more
Armed with the right skills and a portable ultrasound device, midwives in Kenya are on a mission to save lives.
“Nothing breaks a midwife’s heart more than losing a mother or baby to a complication that could have been managed if identified earlier on in the... Read more
Training boosts capacity of journalists to better report on FGM and child marriage in Africa
More than 30 media practitioners from East and Southern Africa gathered in Nairobi for a three-day media training on sensitive reporting on harmful... Read more
Numbers are important, but harnessing the potential of all people is most valuable
An opinion piece by UNFPA Country Representative Anders Thomsen, on World Population Day.