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End gender inequality! End health inequities! End fistula now!
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula Last November, the world convened in Nairobi to celebrate the tremendous gains of the... Read more
UNFPA Sierra Leone marks International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
UNFPA Sierra Leone marks International Day to End Obstetric Fistula Freetown, Sierra Leone, 23 May 2020: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sierra Leone today 23 May 2020 joins the rest... Read more
UNFPA supports the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to preposition contraceptives & life-saving maternal health medicines
UNFPA supports the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to preposition contraceptives & life-saving maternal health medicines FREETOWN, 11 May 2020 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in... Read more
UNFPA Sierra Leone celebrates midwives on the International Day of the Midwife
UNFPA Sierra Leone celebrates midwives on the International Day of the Midwife FREETOWN, 5 May 2020 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sierra Leone joined the world in marking the... Read more
Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife As the world battles COVID-19, women continue to get pregnant and babies are still being born. ... Read more
UNFPA Sierra Leone partners with Africell Sierra Leone on a Campaign to promote sexual and reproductive health information
For immediate release UNFPA Sierra Leone partners with Africell Sierra Leone on a Campaign to promote sexual and reproductive health information Freetown, Sierra Leone, 23 April 2020: The United... Read more
UNFPA Sierra Leone provides technical support to radio teaching programme
Freetown, April 9, 2020: The Ministry of Basic and Senior School Education (MBSSE) and the Teaching Service Commission have launched a radio teaching programme for children and adolescents covering... Read more
World Health Day: Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic
On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to everything we do at UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health... Read more
UNFPA Sierra Leone applauds decision to overturn ban on pregnant girls attending school
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 30 March 2020: United Nations Population Fund commends the decision of the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education to lift the ban on pregnant girls attending school... Read more
I am Generation Equality: Working together to achieve a gender-equal world
This International Women's Day, we celebrate the icons who blazed the trail towards gender equality. We now look to today’s generation of activists, women who are shaping a vision of a better... Read more