News
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12 October 2017
News
The UNFPA 8th Country Programme was launched in the Benishangul Gumuz Region at a workshop held today. The region is one of the two operational regions which UNFPA added when it embarked on its four-... Read more
3 October 2017
Press Release
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 3 October 2017 — Dr. Natalia Kanem was appointed Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today by Secretary-General António Guterres. She holds the... Read more
19 August 2017
Statement
Message of UNFPA Acting Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
World Humanitarian Day
19 August 2017
Every woman has the right to decide whether or when she will become pregnant, to give birth safely... Read more
14 August 2017
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Acting Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
International Youth Day
12 August 2017
Young people have the potential to act as greater forces for positive social change and to... Read more
8 August 2017
News
The newly appointed Country Representative of UNFPA, Ms. Bettina Mass, presented today her credentials to Mrs. Hirut Zemene, State Minister for Foreign Affairs. Making remarks on the occasion, Mrs.... Read more
11 July 2017
Statement
MESSAGE FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY 2017
Dr. Natalia Kanem
Acting Executive Director
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
11 July 2017
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Every day, vulnerable women, especially those who... Read more
10 July 2017
News
H.E. Demitu Hambissa, Minister of Women and Children Affairs, today paid a visit to a UNFPA supported safe house run by the Association for Women's Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD). Minister Demitu... Read more
29 June 2017
A half-day high level consultative meeting was held today to review Ethiopia’s progress on FP 2020 commitments. The meeting was organized by the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia in... Read more
29 June 2017
News
A safe house with a capacity of accommodating more than 80 women who survived gender based violence and are in need of protection was launched today in the Gilgel Beles town in the Mandura woreda in... Read more
28 June 2017
A two-day “Capacity Building Training on GBV Case Management,” was held in Adwa, Tigray Region from 26 to 27 June. The training forms part of a series of trainings on psychosocial support,... Read more