In the News

UN, World Bank Boost Support for Women’s Health, Girls’ Education in Africa’s Sahel

07 November 2013

News

A New Midwifery School Brings Hope to Haitian Mothers

Classes have begun at the new National Midwifery School in Port-Au-Prince, housed in a new earthquake-resistant building following the devastating quake that hit Haiti in January 2010. UNFPA

06 November 2013

News

State of World Population 2013 Launches Worldwide

31 October 2013

Speech

The State of World Population 2013: Motherhood in Childhood

30 October 2013

News

New York and Chicago Ad Campaigns Spur Debate and Controversy in Push to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy

27 October 2013

Press Release

More than 7 Million Girls in Poor Countries Give Birth Before 18 Each Year, Finds New UNFPA Report

30 October 2013

News

Graduating Health Pioneers in the World’s Youngest Country

Newly graduated midwives and nurses celebrate as they obtain their diplomas from the Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery in South Sudan. Photo: © UNFPA/South Sudan

21 October 2013

Opinion

Let's End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Our Generation

22 October 2013

News

International Conference to Boost Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Photo: Sheila Mckinnon

18 October 2013

In the News

Too Young to Wed: Indian Girls Say No to Child Marriage

"If I would get married it would not feel good," says Naaku Maayida, 15. "With marriage, children happen, I would have to do the home chores, I would have to fetch water. My parents were illiterate when they had kids." Photo © Stephanie Sinclair/VII/Tooyoungtowed.org

14 October 2013

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