News

Tanzanian helpline reaching thousands of at-risk women and girls every day

A counsellor takes calls at the National Child Helpline in Dar es Salaam. ©UNFPA Tanzania/Ericky Boniface
  • 20 May 2021
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Serving survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem speaks to a network of humanitarian responders working to prevent and address sexual and gender-based violence. © UNFPA DRC/Luis Tato
  • 19 May 2021
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News

After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

Noorjahan laughs as she recovers from fistula surgery in Malalai Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Now, she says, "I can live." © Andrea Bruce/ NOOR
  • 07 June 2016
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Statement

Statement on Gender-Based Violence in Tigray region of Ethiopia

22 March 2021

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Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s message on Child Marriage at the 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

Published on: 17/03/2021

In her remarks at the CSW65 high-level event "An inter-generational dialogue on child, early and forced marriage," UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem explained how child marriage is a manifestation of gender inequality that robs girls of say and choice and appealed for a gender-equal world in which girls would know their rights and value and be empowered to make their own informed decisions. 

News

From child bride to midwife saving lives of Afghan mothers

Amina Mansoory is the only midwife serving in a remote district (population:1500) of Herat province in western Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 10 March 2021
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High-Level Inter-Ministerial Dialogue on Scaling up Action to End Son Preference and Gender Biased Sex Selection

12 March 2021

Youtube Live

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Resources

Technical Note on Ensuring Value for Money in the Global Programme to End Child Marriage

Resource date: Nov 2020

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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Resources

Child Marriage and the Law: Technical Note for the Global Programme to End Child Marriage

Resource date: Nov 2020

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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News

A digital cry for help: Big data study in Asia-Pacific provides key signposts to violence against women amid COVID-19

A new study found online searches related to violence against women and assistance spiked during pandemic lockdowns in eight Asian countries. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Prince Naymuzzaman | Photo for representational purposes only and does not relate to this story or the survivor of gender-based violence featured in this story.
  • 05 March 2021
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