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Renewed Call to Protect Girls’ Rights and End Child Marriage in East and Southern Africa
PRESS RELEASE When girls are forced to drop out of school because they get married, often well before their 18th birthday and seldom as a choice, it perpetuates a lifetime of poverty and the denial... Read more
Supporting HIV-positive teen mothers to deliver HIV-free babies in Malawi
Awema Chimenya is a brave, resilient woman. She has been a mentor mother since 2019, helping other HIV-positive women deliver healthy HIV negative babies, just like she did. As a mentor mother, she... Read more
We are the generation that can end child marriage
Blog by Dr. Bannet Ndyanabangi, Regional Director a.i. From resisting violence against women and girls, to advocating for climate action, to asserting the rights of a girl and a woman to decide what... Read more
Faith leaders fight child marriage in Zanzibar
STONE TOWN, Zanzibar, Tanzania – Sheikh Is-haka Vuai leads a group of imams in openly opposing child marriage in his community. It is not an easy role, he says. “About six of my madrassa students... Read more
Celebrating girls in the digital generation
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem International Day of the Girl 11 October Girls are born with power. Every girl has within her possibilities that should flourish as she... Read more
Calling on youth to lead innovation to end female genital mutilation in Africa
PRESS RELEASE JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 8 October 2021 – UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, and the global UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of Female... Read more
Child marriage remains an urgent problem in East and Southern Africa
PRESS RELEASE Every year, 12 million girls around the world get married, adding to an estimated 650 million child brides, and in East and Southern Africa, 31 per cent of girls are married as... Read more
Madagascar President champions family planning as a lever for development
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, 28 September 2021—The President of the Republic of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, was appointed as champion of family planning in Madagascar, and signed Madagascar's... Read more
The imperative of climate adaption for Africa: building resilience across societies in an inclusive manner
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Empowered women and girls have the capacity to build resilient communities using local solutions to climate change to safeguard lives and ensure a sustainable future for... Read more
With emergency funding for family planning, a glimmer of hope amid crisis
MTENDERE, Zambia – As a high school student, Christabel Mwewa had always been ambitious and sociable. She loved to learn, particularly history, and had an affinity for making friends. Everything... Read more