calendar_today 23 May 2016

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. At the age of 12, she…

calendar_today 22 May 2016

#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 Summit in Banjul, The Gambia…

calendar_today 19 May 2016

News

“Accelerating Youth Development [and harnessing the Demographic Dividend] in Africa”

“When countries invest in their youth and create opportunities for them, they pave the way to sustainable development.” “We have a global resource that until now has been largely…

calendar_today 14 May 2016

Press Release

Putting women’s health at the center of the development agenda

High-level South-South Exchange on Population Policy and Reproductive health Between Bangladesh and member countries of the Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend…

calendar_today 20 April 2016

Regional workshop on Demographic Dividend Measurement

In recent years, African leaders have promoted the demographic dividend as a continental priority (Agenda 2063, Common African Position on the post-2015 development agenda leading…

calendar_today 18 April 2016

Two years since the Chibok girls’ abduction: Providing support for women and girls surviving Boko Haram

UNITED NATIONS, New York/Chibok, Nigeria – Two years ago, on 14 April, 2014, Boko Haram abducted 276 girls from their dormitory beds at a secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria…

calendar_today 05 April 2016

Statement

UNFPA urges reconsideration and quick adoption of the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill by the Nigerian Senate

STATEMENT ON THE GENDER AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES BILL BY UNFPA REPRESENTATIVE IN NIGERIA Following the recent rejection by the Nigerian Senate of the proposed Gender and Equal…

calendar_today 31 March 2016

Press Release

African Countries and Development Partners Commit to Advancing the Demographic Dividend

  African Countries and Development Partners commit to advancing the Demographic Dividend during event hosted by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in…

calendar_today 25 March 2016

Press Release

Raising South-South Cooperation to a new level in the SDGs era

Beijing - A new phase has been agreed for South-South Cooperation on Population and Development, aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and underpinned by…