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Calendat of event

5 April 2013 - 31 December 2015
MDG Momentum

24 June - 26 June
ICPD Beyond 2014 Review Conference

11 July, worldwide
World Population Day

12 August, worldwide
International Youth Day

Calendat of event

World AIDS Day
On World AIDS Day, UNFPA's Africa Regional Director Mr. Bunmi Makinwa speaks to Kaya FM about the massive drop in the number of people infected with HIV in the past year.

Latest publications

Final RHCS CCP Assessment Report
ESA Position Paper on Post-shipment Testing of Condoms
CARMMA 2013

Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality

Remembering girls who died from rape

LIBERIA, Monrovia — Around the world, other countries were celebrating International Labour Day. But at the moving launch of a campaign against rape in Liberia – which included President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – the audience was in tears. more

Linking HIV and SRH services is working

MOCHUDI, Botswana — Countries that are integrating their HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services are seeing an increase the use of contraception, an increase in HIV testing and a decrease in stigma and discrimination.This emerged at a ceremony to hand over medical equipment in Mochudi, Botswana, including colourful porta-cabins. more

Address the challenges youths face, Swaziland PM urges

Pay special attention to the needs of the youth and be realistic in addressing the challenges they face, Swaziland’s Prime Minister urged SADC ministers for youth at a meeting in Swaziland. “To leave school and be faced with unemployment and no light at the end of the tunnel, is not an encouraging way to enter adulthood,” Dr. Sibusiso Dlamini said. more

More news

End child marriage

Video: Traditions can change - ending child marriage

Watch this video by Girls Not Brides and The Elders about child marriage, which affects the lives of millions of girls around the world. More

End Fistula

Comic book: Safia, The Consequences of Early Pregnancy

UNFPA Côte d'Ivoire has published, Safia, a comic book on one woman's journey from fistula to recovery (in French). More

UNFPA – making real progress

We are the lead United Nations agency that expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy sexual and reproductive lives. We are on the ground improving lives in more than 150 countries. The areas we work in are interlinked:

Sexual and reproductive health

Reproductive health commodity security

HIV and AIDS

Gender equality

Population and development

Adolescents & youth

Humanitarian emergencies