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Empowering Young People in Rwanda to realize their potential and enjoy their sexual reproductive health and rights
The flagship youth programme of UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), The Safeguard Young People programme (SYP) is now expanded to four more countries: Mozambique, Angola, Rwanda... Read more
Violence in the online world is real, wrong, and it must be stopped
Violence in the online world is real. It is also wrong, and it must be stopped. It may seem like the online world is safe for women and girls. What could possibly happen, at home or in school or in... Read more
She Speaks: I am an agent of change in the pursuit of girls' rights
According to UNFPA’s State of World Population Report 2021, only an estimated 55 percent of girls and women globally can make their own decisions about sex, contraception, and health care, according... Read more
Partnerships ensuring women & girls wellbeing in humanitarian settings amid Covid19 pandemic
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ravaging the globe including Rwanda has the potential to exert severe pressure on health services and consequently affect the quality service delivery in general,... Read more
Strengthening life-saving sexual and reproductive health services for women and girls in refugee camps in Rwanda with Japan’s support.
Karongi, 30 September 2021. The United Nations Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency, UNFPA, in partnership with Japan Embassy in Rwanda launched the 2020 Japan Supplementary Budget project as a... Read more
From Sweden to Rwanda: ensuring safe pregnancy and childbirth
KIGALI, Rwanda—“As a midwife, I have always had a passion for working in developing countries, so I was excited when I noticed UN Volunteer assignments for midwives and applied right away. However,... Read more
The Government of Japan supports UNFPA to keep women and young girls in humanitarian settings in Rwanda, safe and healthy amid Covid 19 pandemic.
Rwanda made great achievements on maternal health through increased improvements in emergency obstetric and neonatal care (EmONC), deliveries by skilled birth attendants (SBAs), and family planning (... Read more
Rwanda: Empowering young people in Gihembe and Mahama refugee camps to reach their full potential
Advancing the rights of young people through the provision of adolescent and youth-friendly health information, services and life skills is one of the key priorities of the Healthy &... Read more
Collective efforts in strengthening midwifery education are positively contributing to saving lives and ending preventable maternal deaths.
The State of the World's Midwifery Report released in May this year reiterated that when midwives are well trained and properly equipped, they can deliver up to 90% of quality integrated SRHR/HIV/GBV... Read more
Menstruation stigma: young boys of Nyamagabe District are concerned!
In many cultures, sexuality education has often been a controversial issue that has exposed young people to sexual and reproductive health challenges such as teenage pregnancies, child marriages, and... Read more