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Promoting civil registration and vital statistics to leave no one behind in Africa
An inception meeting on sharing technical standards and implementation strategies of a project on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) was held in Dakar, Senegal from 24 to 26 July 2019.... Read more
Embedding monitoring and evaluation in country programmes
Two workshops on Programme Monitoring and Evaluation of Country Programmes held in Dakar, Senegal from 8 to 17 July 2019. Organized back-to-back for Francophone and Anglophone participants, the... Read more

Joint mission to Mali by UN Regional Directors Group and regional partners’ wraps up
The joint mission of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group for West and Central Africa, headed by Mr. Mabingué Ngom, wrapped up a four-day visit to Mali, on 12 July 2019. The mission... Read more

Niger, SWEDD: round table for resource mobilization to increase public and private investment
The financial resource mobilization round table of the Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend in the Sahel (SWEDD) project, under the theme, “Investing in Women's Empowerment and Human... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day
Her life. Her choice. Our future. Women have a right to make their own decisions about whether, when and how often to become pregnant. That right was reaffirmed in 1994 in Cairo at the landmark... Read more

Heartfelt cry from a teenage girl in Niger
1 billion, 1 billion people affected by extreme poverty Health problems that cause thousands of deaths Unwanted pregnancy - lack of care - stillborn children A pattern that is repeated year after... Read more

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to address AU Heads of State and Government
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, is expected in Niamey, Niger from 5th to 8th July 2019, for a series of engagements organized on the margins of the... Read more

UNFPA advocates for enhanced efforts to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage by 2030
UNFPA DED Mr. Dereje Wordofa “We are not aiming for fewer cases of female genital mutilation and child marriage. We are insisting on reaching the number zero!” noted Dereje Wordofa, Deputy... Read more
UNFPA Deputy Executive Director and UN Assistant Secretary-General on official visit to Senegal and Sierra Leone
The Deputy Executive Director for the United Nations Populations Fund and UN Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Dereje Wordofa The Deputy Executive Director for the United Nations Populations Fund... Read more

Biography - Mr. Dereje Wordofa, UNFPA Deputy Executive Director in charge of Programmes
On April 16th 2019, UNFPA appointed Mr. Dereje Wordofa, Deputy Executive Director. A national of Ethiopia, he has over 28 years of successful experience in providing strategic leadership, advocacy,... Read more