calendar_today 08 March 2017

Statement

Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2017

Gender equality is a human right. Women are entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from want and fear, without discrimination. Gender equality is also vital to sustainable…

calendar_today 02 December 2016

New sexual reproductive health campaign launched

A new drive has been launched to involve Rwandan youth countrywide, in addressing the challenges related to their sexual reproductive health.

calendar_today 16 November 2016

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND WEIGHS UP NEW APPROACH TO PROTECT GIRLS

Girls between the ages of 10 and 15 are still vulnerable to school dropout, early pregnancies and are subjected to domestic works, inviting new approaches to tackle the challenges.

calendar_today 29 October 2016

Vasectomy: Where are the men in family planning?

He chose the family planning method to relieve his wife of stress resulting from continually seeking short-term contraception injections, he says.

calendar_today 21 October 2016

News

HOW OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON A GIRL AT THIS DECISIVE AGE. UNFPA WEIGHS UP NEW APPROACH TO PROTECT GIRLS.

Girls between the ages of 10 and 15 are still vulnerable to school dropout, early pregnancies and are subjected to domestic works, inviting new approaches to tackle the challenges

calendar_today 11 October 2016

Statement

Making Girls Count in the Sustainable Development Goals Era

Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October 2016 “Is anyone out there even thinking of…

calendar_today 30 September 2016

RESTORING THE DIGNITY OF WOMEN AFFECTED BY LANDSLIDES AND FLOODS IN GAKENKE DISTRICT

On May 7-8, 2016, Gakenke District was affected by a series of landslides that occurred in almost all sectors in the district. The landslides were triggered by torrential rains…

calendar_today 15 September 2016

‘I am proud to save lives of mothers’

Burcard Umuhoza, as young as 28 years of age, is a male midwife in Gisenyi district hospital in the Western province of Rwanda who has taken a personal oath to ensure motherhood…