News

Partnering with traditional birth attendants to reach Afro-descendant and indigenous women in Colombia

Traditional midwives are working with health systems to provide both modern and traditional care to expectant mothers. © UNFPA Colombia

06 July 2021

Publication

Addressing the Specific Needs of Women Who Use Drugs - Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B and C and Syphilis

Technical Brief

Number of pages: 32

Publication date: 07 Jul 2021

Author: UNODC, UNFPA, INPUD, UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO

News

Bodily autonomy becomes a global rallying cry at Paris Forum on gender equality

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and Malian feminist activist Oumou Salif Touré visited the art installation UNFPA developed in partnership with Equipop and Dysturb to highlight the critical importance of realizing bodily autonomy for all. “The future remains very uncertain. But I have faith in this generation of feminists to which I belong,” Ms. Touré told UNFPA. © UNFPA/Appolonia Benoist

02 July 2021

My body is my own: Envisioning a world of rights and choices

02 July 2021

Statement

Support from France to safeguard health and lives of millions of women and girls

02 July 2021

News

Gender equality is the key to a better future for all, world leaders and youth activists agree at Paris Forum

“It is now time to deliver,” said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the opening ceremony of the Generation Equality Forum. © Service photo du Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères

30 June 2021

News

Pandemic, conflict continue to upend life for women in Yemen

A reproductive health worker exits a tent in a displacement camp where she is providing services. UNFPA is the sole provider of life-saving reproductive health services in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen

29 June 2021

Intergenerational Action for Bodily Autonomy: Accelerating Sustainable Development Goal 3

08 July 2021

Youtube Live

Speaker bios

Opening statement

Closing statement

Keynote statement

Resources

Pharmaceuticals Spend Analysis 2021 - 2018

Resource date: 2022

Author: UNFPA Supply Chain Management Unit

Publisher: UNFPA Supply Chain Management Unit

The Supply Chain Management Unit (SCMU) performs an annual analysis of UNFPA Pharmaceuticals and In-vitro Diagnostics Spend for the year 2021 - 2018

News

As Afghanistan grapples with surge in COVID-19 cases, one midwife shares her strength

Mastura Zia provides maternal health services to Afghan returnees, many of them deported from neighbouring Iran. © Zaeem Abdul Rahman/UNFPA Afghanistan

23 June 2021

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