Updates

First Stakeholder Consultation for the Seventh Asian and Pacific Population Conference

21 Jun 2023

UN ESCAP, UNFPA and civil society representatives participate in the first of four stakeholder consultations on the implementation of the priority issues of the ICPD Programme of Action in Asia and the Pacific on 21 June 2023. © UNESCAP

Updates

Consultation with Civil Society on the ICPD30 Review Process

12 Jun 2023

UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Diene Keita addresses representatives of global and regional civil society organizations during the ICPD30 consultation on 12 June 2023. © UNFPA

News

As drought and floods threaten millions in Ethiopia, midwives are a lifeline for pregnant women and newborns

In Ethiopia's Somali region, a camp in the village of Gabi’as shelters hundreds of households displaced by drought. Over 260,000 women are currently pregnant in the Somali region alone, many of them internally displaced from recurrent, multiple crises and at dire risk of acute undernourishment, without access to even the most basic health care. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo

07 July 2023

News

How UNFPA is engaging men and boys to shift damaging attitudes and further gender equality

Father-of-two Tofig Sadikhov is a facilitator for UNFPA’s Papa School programme. © UNFPA Azerbaijan

10 July 2023

News

Midwives in Bangladesh bring hope to survivors of Cyclone Mocha in world’s largest refugee camp

Nasrin Khatun, 27, was one of the midwives on duty to assist Khadija* in safely delivering her baby boy, as Cyclone Mocha raged along the coast of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. © UNFPA/Fahim Ahad

15 June 2023

Publication

Maternal Health Analysis of Women and Girls of African Descent in the Americas

Number of pages: 27

Publication date: 12 Jul 2023

Publisher: UNFPA, UNICEF, UN-Women, PAHO, NBEC

News

“They have to fight”: People of African descent face deadly, systemic racism and sexism in health sectors across the Americas, UNFPA reports

Dr. Palmer talks with a UNFPA staff member outside the clinic in La Palma, where she makes visits once per month to women in underserved indigenous communities. © UNFPA Costa Rica

12 July 2023

Press Release

Deadly outcomes: Pregnant Afrodescendent women are abused and neglected due to systemic racism and sexism in health systems across the Americas, new UNFPA report finds

12 July 2023

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11 July 2023

News

Youth-friendly services scaling up in Kazakhstan, offering critical sexual and reproductive health care

Youth peer educators, part of the Y-PEER network, sort through brochures with age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health information. © UNFPA Kazakhstan

17 May 2023

First Stakeholder Consultation for the Seventh Asian and Pacific Population Conference

Consultation with Civil Society on the ICPD30 Review Process

As drought and floods threaten millions in Ethiopia, midwives are a lifeline for pregnant women and newborns

How UNFPA is engaging men and boys to shift damaging attitudes and further gender equality

Midwives in Bangladesh bring hope to survivors of Cyclone Mocha in world’s largest refugee camp

Maternal Health Analysis of Women and Girls of African Descent in the Americas

“They have to fight”: People of African descent face deadly, systemic racism and sexism in health sectors across the Americas, UNFPA reports

Deadly outcomes: Pregnant Afrodescendent women are abused and neglected due to systemic racism and sexism in health systems across the Americas, new UNFPA report finds

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Youth-friendly services scaling up in Kazakhstan, offering critical sexual and reproductive health care