News
News
8 March 2018
News
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
International Women’s Day, 8 March 2018
The economic inequalities plaguing much of the world today are reinforced by many other forms of inequality,... Read more
8 March 2018
News
In her home district in Province 7 of Nepal, 19-year-old Sangita BK needs no introduction. She is well-known as an activist against child marriage in Bajhang district. In the last three years, she... Read more
12 January 2018
Statement
Message from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
The new year is a time for reflection and for resolutions – a time to take stock of our successes and challenges, to strengthen our resolve and... Read more
10 December 2017
Statement
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
for Human Rights Day, 10 December 2017
Today, as we commemorate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we celebrate... Read more
1 December 2017
Statement
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for World AIDS Day 2017
One new HIV infection is one too many – and in 2016 there were 1.8 million.
In adopting the Sustainable Development... Read more
26 November 2017
Statement
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
25 November 2017
Rohingya refugees fleeing into Bangladesh have... Read more
8 November 2017
News
TAULIHAWA, Kapilvastu – "I often watch boys playing cricket on this ground. But today I caught a glimpse of girl cricketers in action. I thoroughly enjoyed their match", says Irfan Darji, who watched... Read more
24 October 2017
Press Release
TAULIHAWA: A friendly cricket tournament among adolescent girls, organized to raise awareness and galvanize action to end child marriage and violence against women and girls, started in Taulihawa of... Read more
24 October 2017
Press Release
तौलिहवा (७ कार्तिक, २०७४): जनचेतना जगाउदै बालविवाह र महिला विरुद्ध हिंसा अन्त्यका लागि ठोस कार्य सञ्चालन गर्न किशोरीहरुबीच मैत्रीपूर्ण जिल्लास्तरीय क्रिकेट प्रतियोगिता आजबाट कपिलवस्तुको तौलिहवामा... Read more
11 October 2017
Statement
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
for the International Day of the Girl Child
11 October 2017
Girls today enjoy better life prospects than previous generations in many ways.... Read more