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Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
Significant gains have been made in improving sexual and reproductive health and advancing reproductive rights since the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development. But many... Read more
Statement for the International Day of the Midwife
Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund The International Day of the Midwife - marked on 5 May. Today, on the International Day of... Read more
Media Training
UNFPA in collaboration with the national population council oprganized a training for mid-level reporters on population issues in relation to the ICPD beyond 2014 and the global agenda. UNFPA in ... Read more
Message of the ED on IYD
STATEMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNFPA International Youth Day, 12 August 2014 “Mental Health Matters” A safe and healthy passage from adolescence into adulthood is the right of every child.... Read more
Partnership for FGM/C free Sudan
Changing cultural norms and beliefs need to come from within the community. People who are concerned with an issue as Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C) and who are convinced that it is... Read more
A woman’s new lease on life in South Darfur
After 23 years of suffering from obstetric fistula without access to surgical treatment a woman in South Darfur underwent a successful surgical repair during the treatment campaign in February 2014... Read more
UN Launches ICPD Beyond 2014
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the launch of ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Report. Photo Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten The ICPD... Read more
Message of the ED on the World Humanitarian Day
DR. BABATUNDE OSOTIMEHIN, UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE ON WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY, AUGUST 19 2013 Earlier this year, I met Munira Sha’ban in Zaatri refugee camp in Jordan. A 65-year-old midwife... Read more
UNFPA Sudan wins the regional "Good Practices in Programming" contest with its innovative M&E Database System
UNFPA Sudan has just passed the first round of ASRO’s vetting process in Good Practices in Programming competition and is now on the way to the final-tier of the selection process, prerequisites for... Read more
UNFPA Sudan: South-to-South Cooperation with Kenya Midwives Association
Through South-South cooperation, UNFPA Sudan CO supports initiatives that aim to establish and strengthen the links between Sudan’s and Midwives Associations in its neighboring countries to exchange... Read more