calendar_today 05 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 partnership agreement to work…

calendar_today 28 June 2016

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 militants in early June. UNFPA…

calendar_today 16 June 2016

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 recognized internationally as a…

calendar_today 14 June 2016

News

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 will take place in Dakar (King…

calendar_today 10 June 2016

"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 future baby. I will continue to come…

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…