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National stakeholders workshop kick-starts roll out of Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Sierra Leone
A two-day national stakeholders workshop took place to discuss the way forward for the implementation of comprehensive sexuality education in Sierra... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Youth Day 2018
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
Irish Aid UN Volunteer lends support to youth empowerment in Sierra Leone
Ellen Donnelly came to Sierra Leone as a volunteer programme specialist in youth and gender, contributing to UNFPA programmes including the Irish Aid... Read more
World Population Day: Family planning is a human right
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem
UNFPA introduces new family planning contraceptive in Sierra Leone
New contraceptive provides more family planning options for women
UNFPA in Sierra Leone converts to solar power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 24 May 2018 – Nearly two weeks before World Environment Day, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund turned on its new solar power system as a green step towards reducing... Read more
Leaving no one behind: Let us commit to ending fistula now!
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, 23 May 2018
Statement by UNFPA Representative, Dr. Kim E. Dickson on the International Day of the Midwife
Midwives leading the way with quality care
UNFPA continues to invest in midwives in Sierra Leone
Yesterday marked another milestone in the era of midwifery in Sierra Leone as the seventh batch of student midwives graduated as part of a UNFPA... Read more
Escaping child marriage in Sierra Leone
"According to our tradition, a girl should get married when she reaches puberty," said Zainab Binta Jalloh.