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14 October 2016
Press Release

UNFPA ON STANDBY TO PROVIDE URGENT PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE TO RESCUED CHIBOK GIRLS

UNITED NATIONS, New York/Dakar/ABUJA, 14 October 2016 — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, welcomes the release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls who... Read more

20 September 2016
News

Les Présidents africains exhortent à investir dans la jeunesse vu que le continent connaît une explosion démographique qui constitue une opportunité rare

  NATIONS UNIES, New York/BAGRE, Burkina Faso – Des Présidents, des ministres, et des fonctionnaires des Nations Unies et de la Banque mondiale se sont rencontrés hier au siège de l'ONU à New York... Read more

20 September 2016
News

African presidents urge investment in youth as continent sees rare demographic opportunity

World Bank Vice President Keith Hansen, President Idriss Déby of Chad, President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and moderator Folly... Read more

29 August 2016
News

Giving birth amid Boko Haram insurgency; UNFPA reaching millions with care

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Zarah Bunu was just a teenager when she was forced to flee her home in north-eastern Nigeria two years ago. The steady drumbeat... Read more

28 August 2016
Press Release

African leaders, partners commit to actions to empower youth, women to transform Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya, 28 August 2016. African, Japanese and other leaders at the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), in... Read more

17 August 2016
News

Keep girls in school and unlock their power to become economic assets, says UNFPA

ABUJA, Nigeria – Naja’atu Idress is 15 years old. After graduating from primary school at age 10, she hawked for three years to support her parents... Read more

8 August 2016
News

120 girls empowered and liberated from the slums

120 out of school girls in Ilaje community, Lagos State, benefited from a UNFPA supported project called «Expanding Access of Slum Dwelling Out-of-... Read more

14 July 2016
News

From Dialakoro to Siguiri, looking for EmONC

Dialakoro is a sub-prefecture of Mandiana located in Upper Guinea between Kankan and Siguiri. The sub-prefecture of Dialakoro has 64,564 inhabitants... Read more

13 July 2016
News

Saving Africa's Future - Putting its Young People First and Investing in its Girls

The people of West and Central Africa are young – nearly two-thirds haven’t yet celebrated their 24th birthday. This young population gives us great... Read more

5 July 2016
Press Release

Leveraging the faith community to advance maternal health, #PutYoungPeopleFirst and harness the Demographic Dividend

Monday 4th July 2016, Addis Ababa and Dakar: UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and United Religions Initiative - Africa (URI-Africa) sign a... Read more

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