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![Displaced women in Mali listen to midwife Aissata Traore, who is raising awareness on preventing mother-to-child transmission.](https://drc.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/banner_pic.png?itok=IZL3SQ3L)
Canada boosts UNFPA's efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa with CAD 10 million grant
Global Affairs Canada has pledged US$7.2 million to UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, to respond to severe... Read more
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Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, International Day of the Midwife 2024 (5 May)
Midwives: Heroes on the front lines of the global climate crisis Right now, around the world, millions of lives are in the hands of midwives... Read more
![Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem](https://drc.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/ed_traitee_6.png?itok=DqBRzhBv)
New Year’s message from the Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem
Dear colleagues, As we open the door on a new year, my fervent wish for each of you and your loved ones, and for the women and girls we serve, is... Read more
![Midwive Sifa Ndeze, Patience Kavira and Fyfy Omoyis in a UNFPA mobile clinic at a temporary displacement camp in Rusayo.](https://drc.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/unfpa_midwife_ms_fyfy_omoyi_north_kivu_drc_photo_junior_mayindu.jpg?itok=KidrMMg6)
Heroes amid crises – 8 stories of resilience and hope from 2023
From droughts to floods, displacement and conflicts – the cycle of despair in 2023 seemed unstoppable. Yet in crisis after crisis, so were the... Read more
![Statement by UNFPA Executive Director on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities](https://drc.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/ed_traitee_5.png?itok=NEVeRUNR)
All women and girls – including those with disabilities – have a right to bodily autonomy
Persons with disabilities are too often defined by what they cannot do, or by what society assumes they cannot do. The International Day for Persons... Read more
![Statement by UNFPA Executive Director on World AIDS Day](https://drc.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/ed_traitee_4.png?itok=Jmic170K)
Ending inequalities and empowering communities are key to vanquishing AIDS pandemic
The world has made remarkable strides in curbing the AIDS pandemic. There is much to celebrate: New HIV infections have dramatically slowed, and AIDS... Read more
![As the countdown to 2030 ticks closer, Africa has reaffirmed that the ICPD Programme of Action remains relevant for Africa and i](https://drc.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/op_ed_banner.jpg?itok=Y9qtNTnR)
Looking at Africa's future through the lens of progress, evidence and foresight
As the sun set over Lusaka, Zambia on 10 November, a vibrant discussion by the Ministers in Charge of Population drew to a close, following two days... Read more
![Directrice Exécutive de UNFPA, Dr. Natalia Kanem](https://drc.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/ed_traitee_3.png?itok=-q2uhqJn)
Violence against women and girls has invaded all spaces, including virtual ones, and this must end
For many women and girls, no place is completely safe. Violence invades their homes, schools and workplaces, and now, it is becoming alarmingly... Read more
![UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem](https://drc.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/ed_traitee_2.png?itok=uqN11GCz)
Let them lead: Ensuring 600 million adolescent girls have what they need to create the future they want
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Girl 2023
![Anitha Bosco, 35, receives an ultrasound scan from UNFPA midwife Kavira Kamate at the Kanyaruchinya health centre in North Kivu.](https://drc.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/a_view_of_the_movement_of_a_baby_in_the_womb_of_madame_anitha_bosco_through_the_telephone_screen_kanyaruchinya_health_center_in_north_kivu_drc_photo_junior_mayindu.jpg?itok=ZkE6GnI4)
Portable ultrasounds give pregnant women a ray of hope amid crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
“Most of the women here have never had an ultrasound scan in their lives – even though on average they’ve already given birth more than five times,”... Read more