After an adolescent pregnancy drove them apart, here ’s how one family in Rwanda reconnected
KARONGI, Rwanda– When Nyiranzavugimana Florence was 19 years old, she fell unexpectedly pregnant. Initially, family and friends reacted by shunning her – subjecting Ms. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - November 2, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Engaging communities in Malawi to end child marriage and help girls finish school
MACHINGA, Malawi– “I had to go against some deeply-held traditions to persuade my people that girls need access to education, just like boys,” said village head Patete, watching as a group of girls w (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - October 31, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Girls in Uganda report being lured across the border to undergo female genital mutilation
KARAMOJA/SEBEI, Uganda– Fourteen-year-old Judith* and five other Pokot girls were lured across the border, into Kenya from Uganda, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - October 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Compounding crises endanger women and girls amid Pakistan ’s unprecedented flooding
SINDH PROVINCE, Pakistan– Amid theworst-ever flooding Pakistan h (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - October 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Health and violence risks multiply for women and girls in Kenya as worst drought in 40 years takes hold
TURKANA COUNTY, Kenya– Chants of “Apei Apei ng’akankomwon ng’akan!” ring out from a group of women sitting under a tree. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - October 17, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Soaring violence, fuel crisis and a cholera outbreak: Haiti in the grip of a “humanitarian catastrophe”
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti– As protection, health-care and essential services break down, the violence and volatile political and economic crisis engulfing Haiti has rapidly deteriorated into what the UN (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - October 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Under increasing conflict and climate crises, young people ’s mental health bears a heavy burden
UNITED NATIONS, New York– “I remember walking in the cold for a very long time, scared of the explosions and tanks passing near our house,” said 12-year-old Malina, who was forced to flee her hometow (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - October 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Forced into early motherhood, a child rape survivor in the Comoros fights stigma to finish school
MORONI, The Comoros– “I followed him into the house. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - September 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
In Lao PDR, midwives provide life-saving and culturally competent care to the country ’s ethnic communities
LONG DISTRICT, Lao People ’s Democratic Republic– “In the past, Akha women gave birth without assistance and did not come to health centres. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - September 22, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Women and girls in Pakistan need urgent health and protection services amid epic flood disaster
BALOCHISTAN, Pakistan– “I walked for about 35 kilometres while in labour because the floods had damaged the road between my village and the hospital,” said Bakhtnama Khairulla (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - September 21, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Survivors of gender-based violence in Sri Lanka at risk as crucial protection services shutter
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka– “When there is domestic violence, women need to stay in a safe house. But when one woman called me and asked for transport, I had to tell her we didn’t have enough funds to bring (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - September 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
On the border between Brazil and Venezuela, safe spaces offer hope and information
RORAIMA, Brazil– “We’ve been told that our room conveys peace – the room and what is offered in it,” said Harlen Lamar. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - September 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
“Giving up is not an option”: Hope for Afghans forced out of school
KABUL, Afghanistan– One year after the Taliban takeover, 17-year-old Mursal Fasihi is still in disbelief that she cannot go back to school. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - September 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Denmark contributes $3.6 million to protect women and girls' health and rights in Ukraine and Moldova
UNITED NATIONS, New York - The Government of Denmark has contributed 25 million Danish Krone (US$3.6 million) to UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, for its humanitarian r (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - September 13, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Coming together to change social norms and stand against female genital mutilation in Ethiopia
BETITI, Ethiopia– “We asked around and found the woman who cuts girls in the village,” said 19-year-old Bereket Merihun. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - September 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
