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8 March 2017
Statement
Sadly, despite some progress, the world still has a long way to go to achieve full gender equality.
Take, for instance, the fact that every year tens of thousands of girls are forced into child... Read more
8 March 2017
Press Release
DAKAR/LAGOS, 8 March 2017 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today appointed Nigerian actress and activist, Stephanie Linus as the UNFPA Regional Goodwill Ambassador for West and Central... Read more
23 February 2017
News
Maroua, Cameroon- "My village was attacked by Boko Haram. They killed my uncle and all the men. Women and children were spared.” Sylvie Tokofi, 18 years, told UNFPA in Maroua, the capital city in... Read more
23 February 2017
ABUJA 21 February 2017-UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has received $500,000 Thousand as grant from the Korean Republic International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to scale-up support for... Read more
1 February 2017
Press Release
ADDIS ABABA, 31 January 2017: Africa cannot attain vital goals in continental and global development agendas without ensuring access to voluntary family planning to millions of its women and girls.... Read more
14 October 2016
Press Release
UNITED NATIONS, New York/Dakar/ABUJA, 14 October 2016 — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, welcomes the release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls who were captured by Boko Haram. UNFPA commends the... Read more
20 September 2016
News
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
20 September 2016
News
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
29 August 2016
News
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 of fear and violence caused by the Boko Haram... Read more
28 August 2016
Press Release
NAIROBI, Kenya, 28 August 2016. African, Japanese and other leaders at the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI), in Nairobi, agreed today on more international... Read more