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Sierra Leone takes positive steps to roll-out comprehensive sexuality education in school curricula
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 26 June 2019 - “I had no sex education growing up, and if I had, I would have made different choices. With education, children can make better decisions,” said Maybelle... Read more
Newly graduated midwives to contribute to reducing maternal mortality in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 5 July 2019 – Forty-nine midwives graduated from the National School of Midwifery in Freetown as part of UNFPA’s mission to contribute to the reduction of maternal mortality... Read more
UNFPA Executive Director on World Population Day
Want to improve women’s lives and countries’ prospects for prosperity? Expand contraceptive choice. Her life. Her choice. Our future. Women have a right to make their own decisions about whether,... Read more
Overcoming fistula by restoring hope and dignity
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 3 June 2019 - “I was eleven years old when my father said that I must get married because we had no money for education or clothes”, recalled 19-year-old Finah Sesay. Despite... Read more
Radio discussion to mark International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
To mark International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, UNFPA Sierra Leone country representative, Dr. Kim Dickson was on the Drive Time Show on AfriRadio 105.3FM raising awareness about fistula as a... Read more
UNFPA Executive Director on International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
Fistula is a human rights violation – end it now! Shame, isolation and segregation are among the indignities faced by the hundreds of thousands of women and girls worldwide who suffer from... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Country Representative on International Day of the Midwife
By Dr. Kim E. Dickson UNFPA REPRESENTATIVE- SIERRA LEONE Mr./Madam Chairperson His Excellency /Her Excellency ICM Member of Board of Directors representing for Anglophone Africa President and... Read more
UNFPA awards 50 outstanding midwives in Sierra Leone to commemorate International Day of the Midwife
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 6 May 2019 - UNFPA in partnership with the Sierra Leone Midwives Association (SLMA) organised a week of activities to celebrate the International Day of the Midwife. The main... Read more
UNFPA Executive Director on International Women’s Day
Women and innovation: a blueprint for rights and choices Everywhere, new technologies and innovations are transforming the way we work, the way we communicate, the way we interact with each other... Read more
Joint Statement on International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation
Take action to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030 Mary Oloiparuni was 13 when she was mutilated. Restrained in a doorway early one morning in her home, she was cut, bled profusely and... Read more