News
News
19 August 2020
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Humanitarian Day
Saving lives has never been more harrowing.
Last year saw attacks against aid workers surpass all previous records,... Read more
12 August 2020
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
International Youth Day
12 August 2020
As we mark International Youth Day in the midst of a global pandemic, we witness how young people... Read more
6 August 2020
News
My marriage was decided while I was away for a training programme in Udayapur without my consent. When I heard about the decision, I was shocked. I had not even thought of getting married. I was just... Read more
6 August 2020
News
A 19-year-old girl fell in love with her classmate. Both the boy and the girl were serious about their love affairs that they decided to marry each other once they complete Grade 10. When the boy... Read more
5 August 2020
News
On 25 July 2017, she was on her way home as dusk slowly fell. She wanted to be home before dark. Although her home was not far away, she was slightly afraid of walking alone through a path surrounded... Read more
30 July 2020
News
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
Every year, tens of thousands of people are trafficked across and within national borders. While... Read more
11 July 2020
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day
Peace in our world begins with peace in the home, as the United Nations Secretary-General stated in his call for a... Read more
9 July 2020
News
Exposed to poverty, poor infrastructure and damaging notions that girls are less valuable than boys, many girls in rural Nepal accept these conditions as fate.
But increasingly, others refuse to let... Read more
8 July 2020
Press Release
Nepal, 8 July 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health, social and economic crisis. International partners, civil society and humanitarian organizations are working together to support the... Read more
8 July 2020
Press Release
२४ असार, काठमाडौं : कोभिड–१९ महाव्याधि एउटा जनस्वास्थ्य, सामाजिक तथा आर्थिक संकट हो । यस सम्बन्धमा नेपाल सरकारको प्रतिकार्यलाई सहयोग पुर्याउन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय साझेदार, नागरिक समाज र मानवीय सहायता... Read more