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Highlights of the Fistula Campaign 2008
The devastation of obstetric fistula affects some 2 million women across the developing world, with approximately 50,000 to 100,000 new cases occurring every year.
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Ban 'Dismayed' by Terrorist Attack Killing UN Colleagues in Pakistan
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed “dismay” today at the rising death toll from yesterday’s suicide bombing of a hotel in north-west Pakistan, which killed members of the UNFPA humanitarian relief team, among…
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The Toll of Maternal Death Remains High but is Gaining Attention
NEW YORK -- Every minute, a woman dies in the developing world as a result of pregnancy or childbirth. For years, the tragic deaths of 500,000 mothers each year has been more or less invisible.
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Secretary-General Presents Population Award to This Year's Laureates
UNITED NATIONS — Each year the United Nations Population Award recognizes the work of an individual and an institution for outstanding contributions to population concerns and their solutions.
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Preventing Gender-based Violence in Brazil: Will Therapy Work?
Nova Iguaçu, Brazil —Joao (30) recalls the feverish evening not too long ago when he had a harrowing fight with the mother of his children. His version of the story is that in the midst of a heated fight, he pulled out…
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Advancing the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
UNITED NATIONS — Some 2,000 indigenous representatives from all regions of the world have gathered here for the eighth session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
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Monitoring the Census in Viet Nam to Ensure Quality in Data Collection
HUNG YEN PROVINCE, Viet Nam - Today, Khai is not alone, as he usually is when he reviews the data he has collected. In fact, there are ten other people in the same room monitoring the data colle data collection. Khai´s…
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Fifteen Years After: Revisiting the International Conference on Population and Development
NEW YORK — Fifteen years after a conference in Cairo captured the world’s attention, some of its key leaders had a conversation about what it all meant -- to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, to the world, and…
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Bolivia: Training Midwives to Treat Indigenous Mothers with Respect
POCOATA, Bolivia — Bolivia has one of the highest rates of maternal death in the hemisphere, after Guyana and Haiti. The consequences have been devastating, particularly for some of the most vulnerable people in Bolivia…
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