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Study claims rapidly falling fertility and changing population age structure could spur development in Ethiopia
A new study entitled “From Land of Famine to Land of Hope: Will Ethiopia Become a Model for an African Upswing?” states if Ethiopia sustains the development gains made through targeted investments in... Read more
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director for International Women's Day
Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2019... Read more
Restoring dignity of women with POP treatment
Gondar, Amhara Region of Ethiopia: Welela Sheferaw, 46, is very much looking forward to receiving surgical treatment at the University of Gondar Specialized Hospital for her Utero-vaginal prolapse, a... Read more
UNFPA supported safe house launched in Mekele
A UNFPA supported safe house run by the Women Association of Tigray was launched today in the City of Mekele, in the Tigray Regional State. The safe house set up in a building made available by the... Read more
“I want to make sure that an FGM free generation is created”
Fifteen year-old Ejegayehu Abayneh is a facilitator of the girls’ club in her school and a model student in the fight against HTPs. She is living with her grandma who has always been telling her that... Read more
IDP sites in western Ethiopia in critical need of UNFPA support
The three-day visit between 3 and 5 February by a UNFPA delegation to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) sites in the East Wellega Zone of the Oromia Region in wester Ethiopia revealed critical need... Read more
Japan Ambassador visits UNFPA interventions in refugee camps in Gambella
The Ambassador of Japan to Ethiopia, H.E Mr. Daisuke Matsunag, visited between 23 and 24 January humanitarian interventions in refugee camps and host communities in the Gambella Region, including... Read more
Ethiopian Government announces Census Date
The Ethiopian Government officially announced today the reference date for the 4th Population and Housing Census. At an event held today, Dr. Fitsum Assefa, Commissioner of the National Planning and... Read more
UNFPA handed-over ambulances to Somali Region and ARRA
17 December 2018, Addis Ababa – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today handed-over 5 ambulances to the Somali Region Health Bureau and the Administration for Refugees and Returnees Affairs... Read more
UNFPA commemorates 16 Days of Activism event with survivors
A commemoration of a 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence event was held today at a UNFPA supported safe house run by the Association of Women Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD). The... Read more