Statement of Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director, on World Health Day On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to everything we do at UNFP...

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem   With each passing day, the scale of the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences are becoming ever more apparent and alarming. UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and r...

The woman who dedicated her entire life to the battle against obstetric fistula has passed away peacefully at her home in Ethiopia on 18 March 2020 at the age of 96. She worked tirelessly to ensuring the rights of women...