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05 September 2024
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the murder of Rebecca Cheptegei
UNFPA condemns the murder of Rebecca Cheptegei and calls for urgent global action to end gender-based violence, protect women and girls, and hold perpetrators accountable.
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05 September 2024
Statement
Dark cloud hovering over humanity’s progress
As I write this based in my duty station in South Africa, the words of Desmond Tutu, come to mind. “Twenty-five years ago, people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing…
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19 August 2024
Statement
Safeguarding our lifelines: World Humanitarian Day 2024
“With one set of hands, you saved two lives,” these were the words of a new mother to Amina, a nurse of a UNFPA-supported clinic in a remote area in Mozambique. As hundreds of aid…
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19 August 2024
News
Strength in crisis - one woman’s #ActforHumanity in DRC
For Deheve Machazo, witnessing the dire conditions for women and girls in an internal displacement site was a turning point. “I can't stay silent while women and girls are in the…
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05 August 2024
News
Investing for impact: Latest on Kenya’s Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Development Impact Bond
At a government-run dispensary located in Nairobi’s Kware informal settlement, 26-year-old nurse Steven Ngang’a attends to young mothers holding their babies. The girls, all aged…
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01 August 2024
Press Release
UNFPA Offers Funding to Young Innovators for Climate Change Solutions to Advance Gender Equality and Community Resilience
The next installment of its HackLab series through the East and Southern Africa Regional Office, with a focus on climate change under the Resilient Futures project is underway…
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18 July 2024
News
"When I looked in the mirror, I knew I had had enough of his abuse"
“When I met this man, I thought I had been given another chance at love,” says 41-year-old Lungile*. She shifts uncomfortably on her seat. “I had no idea that things would turn…
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15 July 2024
News
How we can safeguard the dreams and futures of our girl children using data for a better future for all
For humanity to progress, people must be counted in all their diversity, wherever they are and whoever they are. These were the words of UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem…
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12 July 2024
News
Malawian sisters confirm the lasting value of dignity kits
“The items we received have proven incredibly durable. Throughout all the times we have had to move from place to place, we carried them with us, and they have continued to be…
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