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We need radical change to end violence against women and girls - GBV experts
If violence against women and girls is to end and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on gender equality is to be achieved on the African continent by 2030, robust interventions, sustained... Read more
Switching the levers of change: restoring the decisions of women and girls over their bodies and future
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of the Congo—Lisa* was orphaned as a child and raised by her sister and brother-in-law. Growing up in Bukavu, a small town in South Kivu, the threat of violence, conflict... Read more
Symposium exposes urgent need to improve menstrual health in Africa
Menstrual, sexual, and reproductive health in the region reveals dire inequalities JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 3 June 2021 — The Africa Coalition Symposium on Menstrual Health saw the renewal of... Read more
Volcano eruption in Goma raises urgent need for reproductive health services for women and girls
NORTH KIVU, Democratic Republic of Congo, 3 June 2021— Following the eruption of the volcano, Mount Nyiragongo near Goma, tens of thousands of women and girls are in urgent need of critical sexual... Read more
Urgent funding needed to assist survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Tigray
TIGRAY, Ethiopia – “I was running from place to place without food or shelter. I was in fear all the time. There was no safe place for me until I got to the safe house,” 22-year-old Selam* told UNFPA... Read more
Mozambique, Angola help girls manage menstrual health and hygiene in crises and beyond
MAPUTO, Mozambique/LUANDA, Angola – It can be challenging enough when a girl gets her first period – she may not even know what is happening to her body. Now put her in a situation in which she’s... Read more
Supporting the dignity of menstruating women and girls displaced by conflict in Mozambique
PEMBA, Mozambique—The day that the violent conflict began in Palma on March 24, Rosina* left her home and fled into the bush – and was caught off guard by her period. “This was a very challenging... Read more
Serving survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of the Congo – “We waited for hours in the distribution point until they eventually told us to go home. Hungry and empty-handed, I walked with three other women and two... Read more
Young people as game changers for a sustainable, green future
PRESS RELEASE JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 17 May 2021—UNFPA East and Southern Africa, under the auspices of the Safeguard Young People programme, today launched the ‘Climate HackLab’ project, which... Read more
Piloting drones to deliver life-saving products for women delivering in rural Botswana
PALAPYE, Botswana—Botswana, one of Africa’s few upper-middle income countries, is the the first country in Southern Africa and the third in Africa to pilot drone technology for health-care delivery.... Read more