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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife 2023
Every year on this day, we celebrate midwives for their unwavering commitment to saving lives and ensuring the health and wellbeing of women and... Read more
Fifty Young Leaders in Sierra Leone Convene to Discuss Implementation of Agenda 2030
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 28 April 2023 – Noting the crucial role young people play in transforming the UN 2030 Agenda 2030 into reality, the United... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day 2023
Every two minutes, a woman dies giving birth. As the clock counts down another year, 287,000 more women will meet the same tragic fate.
UNFPA procures US$ 576,000 worth of reproductive health commodities for Sierra Leone in first quarter of 2023
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 31 March 2023- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) procured modern reproductive health commodities with a value of US... Read more
Ministry of Planning and Economic Development and UNFPA Commit to Strengthening Partnerships with the Institute for Population and Development Studies, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 23 March 2023: The Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai, was joined by Ms. Nadia Rasheed, the... Read more
UNFPA and UNICEF support Sierra Leone to establish a Gender-based Violence Information Management System
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 20 March 2023- UNFPA and UNICEF are supporting the Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs in Sierra Leone to establish a... Read more
UNFPA receives Japanese delegation for a review of joint initiative in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 7 March 2023 - The United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA on 3 March hosted a team from the Embassy of Japan in Ghana to... Read more
On International Women’s Day, UNFPA and UN Women call for harnessing the digital age for gender equality
We are living in an increasingly digital world that provides new and exciting opportunities for growth and development. And yet women around the... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day 2023
Women and girls, in all their diversities, have the fundamental right to live free from violence and to have agency over their bodies and lives, both... Read more
A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies
GENEVA/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, 23rd February 2023 -- Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the latest estimates... Read more