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UNFPA’s Work to Save Mothers’ Lives Featured in New Series on Global Health
NEW YORK — UNFPA’s work to promote maternal health in humanitarian emergencies will be prominently featured on the first programme in a new ABC News series that examines the health issues that disproportionately afflict…
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NGOs and UNFPA Join Forces to Place Population Dynamics on Global Sustainable Development Agenda
NEW YORK — Representatives from 20 non-governmental organizations and UNFPA staff met today to build partnerships to advocate for the inclusion of population issues into the agendas of upcoming international…
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Thoraya Obaid, Leader Who Inspires, Leads from the Front Says UN Secretary-General
UNITED NATIONS, New York—United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that UNFPA’s Thoraya Ahmed Obaid will be remembered for her global leadership on human rights, reproductive health and the empowerment of…
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Dealing with the Legacy of Sexual Violence in Bosnia
<p>In the summer of 1992, Sreko Simic, one of Bosnia’s leading gynaecologists, worked without electricity, anaesthetics, or oxygen and with only a skeleton staff, to keep delivering babies at Sarajevo’s University…
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Manual on Human Rights-based Approach to Programming Launched
UNITED NATIONS, New York --- A new manual on how to apply and promote human rights in all development work—including in humanitarian settings and difficult contexts -- was launched the day before Human Rights Day.
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To be a Woman in Nepal
NEPALGANJ, Nepal — The beauty that conjures images of Shangri-la for many tourists and trekkers belies the grim reality that Nepalese women face.
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Preventing Cervical Cancer, a Leading Cause of Women’s Death in Many Developing Countries
NEW YORK — While mortality from cervical cancer has been curbed among women in developed countries, it remains a major killer of women in the developing world.
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Giving Tanzanian Girls the Power to Live their Dreams
“We need to stop believing that as Tanzanians we are helpless victims. We need to understand that we have the power to change things for the better ourselves,” says Modesta Lilian Mahiga, one of Tanzania’s emerging…
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Young People Teach Each Other How to Prevent Spread of HIV in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — Although fewer than 10,000 HIV infections have been reported in the Republic of Tajikistan, which has a population of almost 7 million, the HIV prevalence has been steadily increasing in the…
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