calendar_today 05 October 2012

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: STORIES OF REAL MEN

Is there a man who has inspired you by making women’s lives better around you? Do you know anyone who has stood up for gender equality? CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: STORIES OF…

calendar_today 13 August 2012

Statement

International Youth Day,12 August 2012

Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA Today, we celebrate the world's 1.8 billion young people. And we pause to…

calendar_today 19 July 2012

Statement

Sustainability in a world of 9 billion people: it’s all about choices

he world’s population surpassed 7 billion last October and is expected to grow to 9 billion by the middle of this century. The paramount challenge of sustainability is…

calendar_today 03 July 2012

UNFPA to Work with UK Government and Gates Foundation to Give 120 Million More Women Access to Family Planning by 2020

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 2 July 2012—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is calling on governments around the world to commit more resources to the critical issue…

calendar_today 22 June 2012

News

World Leaders Adopt Consensus Vision ‘The Future We Want’ Cementing Central Role of Reproductive Health in Sustainability

‘The Future We Want’ was adopted by consensus today by all countries in the United Nations at the closing session of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable…

calendar_today 06 June 2012

Feature Story, Raising Awareness for Cervical Cancer in the Balkans

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Amela Dafovic feels lucky to be alive. The fact that she is still here is thanks to her gut feeling that something was wrong, despite…

calendar_today 23 May 2012

Maternal deaths halved in 20 years, but faster progress needed

SARAJEVO, 23 May 2012 – The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to new estimates released by…

calendar_today 05 May 2012

International Day of the Midwife

Joint message of Dr. Babatunde Osotomehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, and Agneta S. Bridges, Secretary General, ICM, International Confederation…

calendar_today 23 April 2012

PROMISES TO YOUTH REMAIN UNFULFILLED, NEW REPORT SAYS

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 23 April 2012—Urgent action is needed to protect and fulfill young people’s human rights, particularly their right to sexual and…