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Liberia Launches Ambitious Five-Year Plan to Reduce Maternal and Newborn Deaths
MONROVIA — Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has launched an ambitious five-year plan to reduce maternal and newborn deaths in the country.
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Branding Domestic Violence as a ‘Weapon of the Weak’ in Belarus
MINSK, Belarus — About one in four Belarusian women aged 18-60 are subjected to physical abuse from their spouses or partners, according to a survey organized by the United Nations Office in Belarus.
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Nepal Commits to Post-Conflict Support and Participation
UNITED NATIONS, New York ---The United Nations Security Council, in resolutions 1325 and 1820, recognized that women and girls need protection and support during and following all conflicts, and called for women’s full…
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Key UNFPA Priorities Highlighted Throughout the Commission on the Status of Women
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York — This year the Commission on the Status of Women will focus on women’s and girls’ access to education, training, science and technology, including the promotion of opportunities for…
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Unleashing the Power and Potential of Adolescent Girls
UNITED NATIONS, New York — UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, re-affirmed his commitment to adolescent and youth, especially girls, who, he said, are at the heart of UNFPA’s mandate.
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Keys to Improving Maternal Health: Education, Resources and Community Partnerships
As Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of the new agency, UNWomen, opened a panel on maternal mortality and morbidity and the empowerment of women during the Commission on the Status of Women yesterday, she stressed…
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Educating Young Women: Executive Directors of UNESCO and UNFPA Share a Common Vision
<p>Appointed in January 2011, Dr Osotimehin, a former Minister of Health of Nigeria, stressed that “education was the most important intervention to attain human development”.</p>
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Interview with Dr. Catherine Hamlin: Pioneer in Fighting Fistula
NEW YORK — When Dr. Catherine Hamlin started her work in Ethiopia, where she arrived in 1959 with her late husband, Dr. Reginald Hamlin, she didn’t know they would stay so long.
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UNFPA Provides Equipment for Rwanda’s Population and Housing Census
KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda’s fourth national census is slated for 2012, but initial work has already started. Detailed maps that enumerators will use to count every household are being prepared, with the help of some of…
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