Crucial care: Reducing maternal mortality and childbirth injury in Angola.
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (Story )Childbirth: a remarkable feat of life or a deeply traumatic experience? That can depend on your access to healthcare.
From tradition to transformation: Ending female genital mutilation in Guinea-Bissau
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (Story )In the West African country of Guinea-Bissau, more than 400,000 girls and women have undergone genital mutilation.
Democratic Republic of Congo Implements the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS)
Stories & Blogs IMF (Story )With the successful launch of the new data portal—the National Summary Data Page (NSDP) — the Democratic Republic of Congo has implemented a key recommendation of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS).
Defying tradition, championing rights: UNFPA sparks change in female genital mutilation hotspots across East Africa
Stories & Blogs UNFPA (Story )''Is [female genital mutilation] religious?'' Nuritu Sirbar challenged community and religious leaders four years ago to justify a deeply ingrained tradition – female genital mutilation (FGM).
ECA trains Mauritanian experts in collaboration with national tax authority
Stories & Blogs IMF (Story )The ECA Office for North Africa concluded in Nouakchott a capacity building workshop on double tax treaty models