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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
President opens UK aid funded community health centre in Makali
MAKALI, Kunike Barina Chiefdom, Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, 19 January 2019 – On Saturday, crowds of people from the Makali area came to witness the official opening of the newly constructed... Read more
Addressing child marriage and adolescent pregnancy in Port Loko district
PORT LOKO, Sierra Leone, 16 January 2019 – Fatmata Sesay was 15 years old when she became pregnant. Confronted by the fear and unpreparedness of being a young mother, she was forced by her parents to... Read more
Girls’ Clubs enable out-of-school girls to access vital education and training in Sierra Leone
BO, Sierra Leone, 10 December 2018 - Hawa Sannoh is a determined nineteen-year-old young woman. She is wearing a pair of trousers with the Nike slogan ‘Just do it’ written on one leg, that reflects... Read more
Joint UN Statement on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Statement by the Heads of UN agencies, UNFPA, UNDP, UNICEF and UN WOMEN, calling for solidarity with survivors and survivor advocates and women’s human rights defenders who are working to prevent and... Read more
China commits support to improve women’s health in Sierra Leone through South-South cooperation
NEW YORK, 7 November 2018 - A $2 million commitment from the People’s Republic of China will harness the power of South-South cooperation to reduce maternal deaths and prevent and treat cervical... Read more