Go Back
Go Back
News
News
03 February 2018
News
We Must Stand in Solidarity for the Rights of Young Girls to Education - Youth Envoy at a Visit to Al Hadj Ibrahima Thiaw School, Dakar
Dakar, Al-Hadji Ibrahima Thiaw High School, 3 February 2018 The visit at Al-Hadji Ibrahima Thiaw School was the first of two visits made by the UN Secretary General’s Envoy,…
Read story
03 February 2018
News
Youth Envoy Engages with Young People at Outreach Centre in Mbour, Senegal
Mbour, Senegal, 3 February, 2018 At Mbour, 85km from Dakar the UN Secretary General’s Youth Envoy, Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake expressed her delight in the work the Youth Centre…
Read story
02 February 2018
News
UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth Calls for Free and Quality Education for Young People at Global Partnership on Education Conference
Dakar, February 2, 2018 The United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake began her First Multi-Country Official Mission to Africa with a…
Read story
01 February 2018
News
Top 5 things you didn’t know about child marriage
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Around the world, Valentine’s Day is celebrated as a romantic time for couples. Yet millions of children are coupled up before they are ready, often…
Read story
31 January 2018
News
UNFPA-Noble Energy Project Steering Committee meets to align 2018 strategy.
Under the leadership of H.E. the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Salomón Nguema Owono, the Steering Committee of the Project “Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction…
Read story
23 October 2017
Press Release
High-level meeting aims to urgently accelerate action to end child marriage in West and Central Africa
Hosted by the Government of Senegal, the High-Level Meeting on Ending Child Marriage brings together key actors to agree on tangible steps toward ending the practice for good. …
Read story
03 October 2017
Press Release
Dr. Natalia Kanem Appointed UNFPA Executive Director
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 3 October 2017 — Dr. Natalia Kanem was appointed Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today by Secretary-General António…
Read story
02 October 2017
Press Release
UNFPA receives prestigious Africa Peace Award for 2017
Dakar, Senegal - 2 October 2017: The United Religions Initiative (URI) for Africa has awarded the prestigious Africa Peace Award The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA…
Read story
22 September 2017
Press Release
High-Level UN Dialogue on Harnessing Africa's Demographic Dividend
New York, USA. September 22, 2017: Today, at the United Nations, His Excellency Prof. Alpha Condé, President of Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union, convened a high-level…
Read story