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Pandemics will thrive as long as inequalities do
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2021 As the world embarks on a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot forget that we are also on the cusp of the... Read more
The SADC SRHR 2021 Milestone Scorecard Launched
The inception of the SADC SRHR scorecard was spearheaded by Member States: South Africa, Namibia Eswatini, Botswana and Malawi. By 2018, they had galvanised enough support and the SADC Ministers of... Read more
Violence in the online world is real, wrong, and it must be stopped
International Day to End Violence against Women 25 November 2021 Violence in the online world is real. It is also wrong, and it must be stopped. It may seem like the online world is safe for women... Read more
Innovative Safeguard Young People Programme expands to empower more adolescents and young people in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 24 November 2021—The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) East and Southern Africa Regional Office announced the long-awaited expansion of their flagship Safeguard Young... Read more
A day in the life of a sexual and reproductive health activist in Angola: how young people are leading change
VIANA, Luanda, Angola—“The problem that the girls go through is they are discriminated against. They are judged and then for some reason, they feel they have to help [out at] the house, so they get... Read more
Deliver gender-sensitive responses for millions of women and girls who bear the brunt of climate change – COP26
PRESS RELEASE GLASGOW, Scotland, 9 November 2021—A side-event organized by the African Development Bank and UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, highlighted how COP26... Read more
Ending the suffering of sex workers in East and Southern Africa: a collaborative effort to ensure health and rights
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—“Sex workers’ lives matter. We live in a world of inequality and those most marginalized suffer most when pandemics and humanitarian challenges strike,” said Beatrice... Read more
Kenya’s GBV helpline: using data to tackle the culture of silence and secrecy on FGM and other harmful practices
NAIROBI, Kenya—A spike in calls to the national helpline for gender-based violence was one of the first signs that all was not well. It was December 2020, about nine months into Kenya’s nation-wide... Read more
Ensuring women deliver safely despite dire humanitarian situation in Tigray, Ethiopia
MEKELLE, Tigray—“They have saved my life and that of my daughter. I stayed under their care the whole night and delivered my baby girl safely,” says Selam, the first mother to deliver her baby at the... Read more
Empowered generations are key partners in achieving the collective development goals
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa–In a region where development gains are reversing because of multiple hazards – from climate change to conflict, disasters and the COVID-10 pandemic – leaders from East and... Read more