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21/07/2022
While the World celebrates the World Population Day (WPD) every July 11, this year’s celebration coincides with the 5th Population and Housing Census, where the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) will start enumeration to update data on core demographic, social and economic indicators.
The census will in turn inform the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of national and international development plans and programmes that the country has committed on, particularly the NST1, Vision 2050, and SDGs as well as the Africa Agenda 2063.
This WPD’s theme being “A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future for all - Harnessing opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for all,” the World will need to reaffirm commitments and the urgency to put women and girls at the center of efforts to recover from Covid-19 and build forward and better.
29/06/2022
Rwandan youths who are behind the implementation of the programs say that the government and stakeholders need to further mainstream menstrual health services, education, and access to information so as to improve the Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management (MHM).
06/06/2022
Launched globally under the theme 'Seeing the Unseen: the case for action in the neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy”, the 2022 SWOP report is a wake-up call to recognize that unintended pregnancy is not only a women’s concern but a global crisis with global costs.
In Rwanda, the SWOP report was launched under the theme: “Addressing Teenage Pregnancy: The Call for Action”, where UNFPA and the Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Gender and Family Planning, as well as development partners, and other partners pledged to stand up for the adolescent girls like Nyirahabimana, who, through ignorance about her body or lack of choice or both is condemned to a life of poverty when unintended pregnancy ends her education, and prevent them from fulfilling their potential.
Speaking at the launch, UNFPA Representative, Kwabena Asante-Ntiamoah said that the crisis of teenage pregnancy has gone on for too long and that it is now time to open our eyes, to see the unseen!
31/05/2022
We must work together to ensure all girls are able to make their own decisions about their bodies and futures and have access to appropriate information, healthcare services, and comprehensive sexuality education.
12/05/2022
Midwives are the backbone of maternal health systems – delivering babies and much more.
Every day in every part of the world, midwives save the lives of women and babies and promote the health and well-being of entire communities.
They stand by women when they are most vulnerable. They fight daily to defend a woman’s human right to go through pregnancy and childbirth safely.
On 5th May 2022, under the theme, “100 Years of Progress the”, The Rwanda Association of Midwives (RAM) joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Day of the Midwife.
UNFPA expresses its deepest respect and appreciation for the extraordinary and life-saving work that midwives do. We celebrate your many achievements and honor your extraordinary contribution to humanity.
06/04/2022
The three-year project started in July 2020 and is being implemented in partnership with Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), Imbuto Foundation (IF), Good Neighbors International (GNI), ALIGHT, and African Humanitarian Action (AHA), and with ongoing cooperation with the Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Youth and Culture, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion, Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA), National Commission for Children, and One UN in Rwanda to empower adolescents and young people in Rwanda to realize their human right to equality, sexual and reproductive health, and freedom from violence and discrimination.
05/04/2022
The Safeguard Young People Programme (SYP) is the flagship youth programme of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO). UNFPA envisions an East and Southern Africa where all adolescents and young people aged 10-24 are healthy, productive and empowered; free from sexually transmitted infections including HIV, unintended pregnancies, child marriages and gender-based violence and equipped with comprehensive knowledge and skills regarding their sexuality, rights, and health-seeking behaviours.
In Rwanda, the SYP programme has been implemented since May 2021, at the national level and in the 3 UNFPA supported districts - Rusizi, Nyamasheke and Karongi. The programme intends to greatly contribute to improved Sexual Reproductive Health status of young people by supporting youth and adolescents to access ASRH services, including Menstrual Health, Youth Friendly Services and Comprehensive Sexuality Education.
05/04/2022
Kigali, 16 March 2022, The Ministry of Health in collaboration with UNFPA and AfriYAN organized a stakeholder’s reflection meeting on the implementation of Rwanda ICPD25 commitments to self-evaluate on the progress made since the dissemination of the action plan and shaping the next steps towards achieving the Rwanda commitments with a focus on the meaningful youth participation towards achieving the universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights by 2030.
25/03/2022
Kigali, 16 March 2022, The Ministry of Health in collaboration with UNFPA and AfriYAN organized a stakeholder’s reflection meeting on the implementation of Rwanda ICPD25 commitments to self-evaluate the progress made since the dissemination of the action plan and shaping the next steps towards achieving the Rwanda commitments with a focus on the meaningful youth participation towards achieving the universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights by 2030.