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Igniting the Potential of Adolescent Girls in Pursuit of the Africa We Want
Blog by Lydia Zigomo, UNFPA Regional Director - For over 30 years, I have traveled extensively across the diverse landscapes of East and Southern... Read more
How midwife mentors make it safer for women to give birth in Ethiopia's fragile areas
Imagine being a midwife in a remote, fragile context, like the Afar region in Ethiopia. This hot low-land and desert-like area has been affected by... Read more
Midwives: Heroes on the front lines of the global climate crisis
Right now, around the world, millions of lives are in the hands of midwives. Whether they are wading through flood waters to reach pregnant women or... Read more
Celebrating midwives: Edinah delivers babies, one safe birth at a time
Grimacing and sweating, twenty-three-year-old Samiya, a refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expecting her first child and is... Read more
Urgent call for country leadership and global solidarity to End Maternal and Newborn Deaths by 2030
UNFPA will join global leaders to call for renewed commitment towards progress on eradicating preventable maternal and newborn deaths at an event on... Read more
Prisca’s story: “I thought I had lost it all”
Prisca,* a 22-year-old young woman who lives in Chiredzi Rural, Zambia, has faced a harrowing ordeal. One night, while asleep in a room with two... Read more
Hero’s journey: How UNFPA helps mothers in Madagascar to access emergency obstetric care
It was time to leave for the hospital. Samueline Razafindravao had intended to give birth at her home in southern Madagascar, but after encountering... Read more
Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day
End discrimination to ensure the right to health for all. On World Health Day, we celebrate the successes achieved since the adoption of the 1994... Read more
“You will thrive”: How a UNFPA-supported shelter empowers women and girls in Zambia to break free from abuse
“We began our life together from scratch. I was full of life, passion and blind love,” says mother-of-three Mwaka*. “Then, later, you find out who... Read more
Supporting GBV survivors in Amhara to recover and build resilience
Amina is one of the many women who have experienced conflict-related sexual violence during the devastating two-year conflict in northern Ethiopia.... Read more