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Americans for UNFPA Honours those Who Promote the Rights of Women and Girls
NEW YORK — Women from Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone and the United States were honoured last night by Americans for UNFPA for their commitment to promoting women’s health and elevating the status of women.
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Encouraging Expectant Mothers in Dadaab to Take Advantage of Obstetric Care
DADAAB, Kenya — Amid the whistling wind and the rising dust, Hibo Yasin, scours the expansive Dadaab refugee complex, looking for expectant and lactating mothers. As she moves around the camp, Hibo receives warm…
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One Mother Delivers Triplets in Safety: Others are Not So Lucky
GARISSA, Kenya — While Hawa Ali, a 27-year-old mother of nine, was pregnant with triplets, Garissa Provincial Hospital in Northern Kenya became her second home.
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Ending Gender Imbalances Must Remain International Priority, Says UNFPA’s Asia-Pacific Director
HANOI—Joint international and national actions to end prenatal sex selection and discrimination against women should remain a priority for all, Nobuko Horibe, the Director of UNFPA’s Asia and Pacific Regional Office,…
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No Direction Home: A Generation Shaped by Life in Dadaab
DADAAB, Kenya — Twenty-year-old Aden Ibrahim has never known any home other than an expanding camp refugee camp in a parched landscape once traversed by nomadic camel and goat herders.
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Addressing the Needs of Serbia's Ageing Population
BELGRADE, Serbia -- With more than 17 per cent of its citizens being over the age of 65, Serbia's proportion of elderly people is among the highest in the world. In this Balkan nation, as in other countries in the…
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A Week of Progress for Women and Children
NEW YORK — When a woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth, a family is devastated and a community suffers an irreplaceable loss.
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Cultural and Human Rights Dimensions of Family Planning in Mozambique
MAPUTO, Mozambique – “We have ten children,” says Silvestre Celestino, 59, proudly, as he works his garden on the outskirts of Maputo, Mozambique, with his wife, Felizmina.
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Scaling-up Access to Long-term Family Planning Methods in Northern Ethiopia
ATAYE, Amhara Region, Ethiopia — On eve of Ethiopia's New Year, things are slow at the Ataye Health Centre. But Hanna Kelemework, clad in her white nurse's gown, is expecting clients to show up for family…
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