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“I don't want to be surprised by another pregnancy”: Contraceptive options offer young people in Côte d’Ivoire a fairer future.

Stories & Blogs UNFPASep 23, 2025(News )

Family planning can help women to space out their pregnancies and avoid becoming pregnant without intending to – especially when they are still children.

The scars of gender-based violence run deep in South Sudan – but so does the will to heal

Stories & Blogs UNFPAAug 06, 2025(News )

In South Sudan, women and girls face the overlapping dangers of prolonged conflict, cattle raiding, displacement from climate shocks and harmful patriarchal traditions.

A chance to breathe: How life-saving incubators are transforming newborn care in Somalia

Stories & Blogs UNFPAJul 22, 2025(News )

Despite maternal death rates dropping by 50 per cent over the past twenty years in Somalia, too many pregnant women struggle to access essential health services.

From waste to wealth: circular economy as a catalyst for jobs and sustainability.

Stories & Blogs StatementJul 17, 2025(Statement )

“The science is clear. Our economies can no longer rely on the relentless extraction, use and waste of natural resources” said H.E. Mr. Lok Bahadur Thapa, Vice-President of ECOSOC.

From tradition to transformation: Ending female genital mutilation in Guinea-Bissau

Stories & Blogs UNFPAJun 25, 2025(Story )

In the West African country of Guinea-Bissau, more than 400,000 girls and women have undergone genital mutilation.

As the world looks away, women suffer in silence

Stories & Blogs OCHAJun 25, 2025(News )

Donors’ brutal funding cuts to humanitarian aid are having a devastating impact on programmes that specifically support women and girls at risk of gender-based violence.

Don’t let the lights go out: UNFPA urges support for women and girls in the world’s most neglected crises.

Stories & Blogs UNFPAMay 28, 2025(News )

In 2025, as crises multiply and conflicts become increasingly protracted, humanitarian aid budgets are being slashed across the board.

Malawi: Safe spaces nurture drought-affected women and girls.

Stories & Blogs OCHAApr 28, 2025(News )

"I am happy I was able to return to school after giving birth," said Thokozani, 20, from Balaka district, southern Malawi.

A chance encounter leads to critical maternal care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Stories & Blogs UNFPAApr 04, 2025(News )

What Ms. Azina didn’t know was that without urgent healthcare, both her pregnancy and childbirth could also hold deadly consequences.

“I witnessed unimaginable horrors”: Sexual violence used as weapon of terror against women and girls across Sudan

Stories & Blogs UNFPAApr 02, 2025(News )

There are alarming reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon of terror across Sudan. Over 12 million women and girls – and increasingly men and boys – are estimated to be at risk of assault.