calendar_today 06 February 2014

Statement

Human development can't be fully achieved as long as women and girls continue to suffer from FGM/C

Millions of girls around the world are still threatened by genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), despite a century of efforts to put an end to it. Human development cannot be…

calendar_today 21 January 2014

We need to give a human face to what we do, UNFPA executive director

Dakar (Senegal) - We should go beyond the matrix of results delivered. We need to be able to track how our investments bring dignity to women and girls and help young people…

calendar_today 21 January 2014

Reversing youth unemployment curve in Africa

Unemployment is a major problem in Africa. According to the World Bank, youth represent 60% of all unemployed. Many people believe that this "time bomb" must be…

calendar_today 21 January 2014

African youths call for development goals taking into account their empowerment, sexual health

Dakar (Senegal) More than 500 young leaders from over 50 countries in Africa and the Americas and Europe Diaspora have made commitments and recommendations by unanimously adopting…

calendar_today 16 January 2014

Developing human capital to address youth unemployment in Africa

Economic growth noted in several African countries in the last decades is misleading because it is neither inclusive nor sustainable. African governments must use the revenue from…

calendar_today 12 January 2014

Promoting women and girl’s empowerment in Mauritania

Nouakchott (Mauritania) The development of a nation depends on the investment in the education of women and girls as such UNFPA will continue to assist Mauritania for the place…

calendar_today 11 January 2014

UNFPA Executive Director on working visit to Mauritania

Nouakchott, Mauritania: Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is on a…

calendar_today 08 January 2014

UN resumes food aid after machete attacks forced three-week halt

Bangui, Central African Republic- The United Nations on Tuesday 7th January resumed food aid for some 100,000 displaced people in the airport in Bangui, capital of the strife-torn…

calendar_today 06 January 2014

UNFPA makes sure pregnant IDPs deliver safely in CAR

Bangui, Central African Republic- The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA has donated reproductive health and clean and safe delivery essentials, including beds for the welfare…