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People-centered development is critical for our future to ensure the Africa We Want
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, recommitted to the revolutionary decision taken at the 1994 International Conference on Population and... Read more
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, 23 May 2019
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, 23 May 2019 Fistula is a human rights violation – end it now! Shame, isolation and... Read more
UNFPA Regional Director in Benin
The Regional Director of the United Nations Population Fund for the West and Central Africa Regional Office (UNFP WCARO), Mabingue NGOM paid a working visit to Benin from 5 to 9 May 2019. During his... Read more
State of World Population 2019
The global reproductive rights movement that began in the 1960s transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of women, empowering them to govern their own bodies and shape their own futures. But... Read more
2018 Progress Report: Multiplying Strategic Partnerships and Scaling Up Successful Demographic Dividend Capture Initiatives
The UNFPA Progress Report on 2018 Demographic Dividend in West and Central Africa was launched Tuesday 5th March 2019 by Ambassador of Madagascar in Dakar, His Excellency Mr. Auguste Paraina, Dean of... Read more
Launch of 2018 Progress Report on Demographic Dividend in West and Central Africa.
The West and Central Africa Regional Office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA WCARO), in collaboration with the African Group of Ambassadors, is launching the 2018 Annual Report of its... Read more
West Africa's regional civil society organizations coalition for family planning honours UNFPA Regional Director
The Ouagadougou Partnership Coordination Unit (UCPO) organized its seventh annual meeting from December 12 to 14, 2018, in Dakar, Senegal. The civil society organizations of the nine (9) West African... Read more
West and Central Africa regional planning gathering wraps up with a pledge to leverage resource mobilization, strategic partnerships to achieve the three ZEROs.
West and Central Africa regional planning gathering wraps up with a pledge to leverage resource mobilization, strategic partnerships to achieve the... Read more
UNFPA honors traditional communication legend
Senegalese traditional communications legend, El Hadj Mansour Mbaye, founding president of the National Network of Traditional Communicators (RENACOT) of Senegal, has been awarded with a special... Read more
Regional conference on "Partnership for Culture, Communication and Demographic Dividend"
Dakar, Senegal – 22 November, 2018: A regional conference on the theme: "Partnership for Culture, Communication and the Demographic Dividend" is being co-organized by the Ministry of Culture of... Read more