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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
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
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
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
Thousands of pregnant women displaced by Boko Haram in Niger
DIFFA, Niger/UNITED NATIONS, New York – Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee south-eastern Niger following an attack by Boko Haram... Read more
An activist’s story of FGM
Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons and is... Read more
Harnessing the Demographic Dividend and investing in our future by putting Africa’s young people first
12 June 2016. Senegal is hosting the 11th Global Meeting of the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) Network from 20 to 24 June 2016. The deliberations... Read more
"I am confident about my survival and that of my unborn baby" - Chad
Daresalam Camp in Lake Chad Region, Chad – "I am MARIAM, a nomad girl, a beneficiary of the UNFPA clinic that will save my life and that of my... Read more
Restoring dignity: Recovering from the horror of obstetric fistula
Zainab Baubau a 32-year-old fistula patient, recalls the pain and complications related to the death of her infant son 19 years ago during childbirth... Read more
#AUBanjulPlus10: Taking stock and scaling up efforts ten years after the African Youth Charter
In July 2006, African Union Heads of States and Governments adopted the African Youth Charter, during the 7th Ordinary Session of the African Union... Read more