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Youth volunteers in Eritrea ensure young people are protected against COVID-19 pandemic
ASMARA, Eritrea—Youth ambassador Medhanie, 18, has made it his personal responsibility to ensure that young people are safe from the COVID-19 pandemic, by sharing information and asking them to stay... Read more
A Blight on Humanity’s Conscience
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Sexual violence in conflict is a threat to our collective... Read more
At risk of rape outside and violence in South Sudan POC camp – will women and girls ever be safe?
BENTIU, South Sudan—Staying at home may be the safest way to avoid infection with the coronavirus, but for women and girls in Bentiu, South Sudan, it means greater vulnerability to gender-based... Read more
A school's desperate fight to prevent teen pregnancies and keep girls in school in Malawi
LILONGWE, Malawi—Four years ago, the headmaster at Chapita Primary School in Salima considered an enormous challenge that lay ahead of him. Each term, girls would drop out of school due to falling... Read more
On the Black Lives Matter Protests and other Mass Demonstrations against Systemic Racism and Police Brutality
Joint reflections by United Nations Senior African Officials (*) A desperate yearning for a long-departed mother. Reaching deep from the bowels of fragile humanity. Grasping for breath. Begging for... Read more
Bending the Arc of History Towards Justice
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the Fight Against Systemic Racism and Discrimination We are living through turbulent, trying times. This is a moment of suffering for many... Read more
COVID-19 jeopardises progress made towards protecting women and girls from violence and harmful practices
Opinion editorial by Justine Coulson (UNFPA), Roberta Clarke (UN Women) and Mohamed M. Fall (UNICEF) Statement to mark International Day of the African Child The passing of laws to end child... Read more
Youth and COVID-19 Diaries: Tutoring brother, nursing granma and learning a new language
Zimbabwe: 28-year-old Sharon Fadzai Muchena's Story Date of diary session: 8 May 2020 “My main worry right now is whether my sanitary [products] will take me through to the end of lockdown.”... Read more
Act now to end period poverty for frontline health-care workers fighting COVID-19
GULU DISTRICT, Uganda—It was while looking after patients at the health centre where she works that Joyce Achan realised her dress was stained with menstrual blood – and there was nothing she could... Read more
Youth and COVID-19 Diaries: Young, HIV positive and on lockdown alone
Zimbabwe: 23-year-old Luckmore Pamhidzai’s Story Date of diary session: 8 May 2020 “I lost my appetite, lost weight and I started sleeping abnormal hours because I was really stressed.” We are... Read more