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05 May 2025
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for International Day of the Midwife (5 May)
When bombs fall or floods wash away roads and homes, where services are severed and infrastructure has collapsed, midwives are often the first responders and the last line of…
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02 May 2025
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Tigist Kebede’s Dream: A Future Where No Woman Fears Childbirth
At just 25 years old, Tigist Kebede has already made a remarkable impact on maternal health in her community. For the past four years, she has been working as a midwife at Odola…
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01 May 2025
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Midwife Gizachew Eyayu: Saving Mothers, One Birth at a Time
In the early hours of Sherkole, a remote town 100 kilometers from Assosa, the capital of Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz Region—Midwife Gizachew Eyayu begins his day. Awaiting him…
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30 April 2025
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Abeba Bogale: A Journey Paving the Path to Safe Motherhood
For the past six years, Abeba Bogale has served as a midwife at the Metti Health Center in Godere Woreda, Majang Zone of Ethiopia’s Gambella Region. The center provides care to…
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30 April 2025
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Compassionate Care at the Frontlines: Midwife Wubayehu Shasho’s Mission in Borena
In one of Ethiopia’s most underserved regions, Midwife Wubayehu Shasho is a lifeline for pregnant women and their newborns. Driven by a deep sense of purpose, he works tirelessly…
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29 April 2025
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2gether 4SRHR Project Launched to Expand Maternal Health Services in Afar
Semera, Afar | April 2025 – A major step toward advancing reproductive health and maternal care in Ethiopia’s underserved regions was taken with the official launch of the 2gether…
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08 April 2025
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The Mobile Health and Nutrition Clinics Project Launched
The “Testing Mobile Health and Nutrition Clinics in Ethiopia” Project, which will be supported by UNFPA and selected sister UN agencies in partnership with the Afar, Oromia, and…
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07 April 2025
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for World Health Day (7 April)
Globally, women’s health during pregnancy and childbirth is better than ever before. This is owing to medical advances, and because more women have control over their reproductive…
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07 March 2025
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Joint Statement by Members of the Gender Equality Working Group on the Occasion of International Women’s Day 2025 Marking 30 Years of the Beijing Declaration: A Renewed Commitment to Gender Equality in Ethiopia
On this International Women’s Day, we, the undersigned bilateral and multilateral partners supporting gender equality and women’s empowerment in Ethiopia under the umbrella of the…
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