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New UNFPA projections predict calamitous impact on women’s health as COVID-19 pandemic continues
More than 47 million women could lose access to contraception, leading to 7 million unintended pregnancies in the coming months. New York, USA, 27 April 2020 - As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the... Read more
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On the road to Nairobi : Madagascar committed to accelerate ICPD25 promise.
As with other countries in the world, Madagascar joins the global consensus on the urgency of addressing population and development issues in order to advance the promise of the International... Read more
TICAD7: DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT OF THE AFRICAN FIRST LADIES FOR DEVELOPMENT (OAFLAD) ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE -Yokohama, August 28, 2019
This is the declaration of commitments by OAFLAD First Ladies members to prevent and respond to gender-based violence at the end of the side event "Zero VGender Based Violence for Africa's Future -... Read more
People-centered development is critical for Africa's future to ensure the Africa We Want
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, recommitted to the revolutionary decision taken at the 1994 International Conference on Population and... Read more
"Denounce the violence perpetrators even if it is our spouse"
Rasoa, 31-year-old, is a gender-based violence survivor. After daring to take the brink of denunciation, she benefited from the services of a Counselling and Legal Advice Center (CECJ) and socio-... Read more
Back to dignity, back to school!
Coming from Ejeda, in southern of Madagascar, Fidéline had her first pregnancy at 15 y.o. The delivery was difficult and the work lasted more than 2 days, Fideline lost her baby and at the same time... Read more
Manufacturing condoms in Africa: an urgent health and economic priority
As development partners, governments, donors, experts and other agencies gather in Kigali, Rwanda from 12-15 November for the 5th International Conference on Family Planning, Dr. Julitta Onabanjo,... Read more
Respect young people's rights and reap the demographic dividend - State of World Population 2018 launch in Africa
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—If the demographic dividend is to be harnessed, then the fundamental civil, political and socioeconomic rights of young people, including young women, must be protected and... Read more
Africa has come a long way in addressing population and development issues
ACCRA, Ghana, Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development Five-Year Review, 5 October—African ministers in charge of population issues have endorsed the continental report on the... Read more