calendar_today 26 October 2018

News

Respect young people's rights and reap the demographic dividend - State of World Population 2018 launch in Africa

If the demographic dividend is to be harnessed, then the fundamental civil, political and socioeconomic rights of young people, including young women, must be protected and…

calendar_today 17 October 2018

Press Release

State of World Population 2018

The global trend towards smaller families is a reflection of people making reproductive choices to have as few or as many children as they want, when they want. When people lack…

calendar_today 11 October 2018

Statement

A Skilled GirlForce is a force for change!

We believe in the power of girls to change this world for the better. Let’s give them the chance, writes Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA, on the occasion of the…

calendar_today 05 October 2018

News

Africa has come a long way in addressing population and development issues

African ministers in charge of population issues have endorsed the continental report on the implementation of the Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development (AADPD)…

calendar_today 10 August 2018

News

Leaving Home for University: the journey of a young girl living with HIV

Masedi Kewamodimo is a 23 year old who like many of her peers in Botswana was born with HIV. She discovered her HIV status at the young age of 10 years. Masedi lost both her…

calendar_today 14 June 2018

News

Great Progress made, but much more to be done for the left behind in HIV prevention in Botswana

“I face violence from the community for being “different,” and not only that, as a Transgender woman, I do not receive adequate health care because health care…

calendar_today 09 November 2017

News

UNFPA hands over reproductive health commodities to Ministry of Health and Wellness

In a ceremony cited as “evidence of the power of partnerships,” by Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health and Wellness Ms Shenaaz El-Halabi, UNFPA  handed over…

calendar_today 19 October 2017

Minister of Health and Wellness officially launches State of World Population (SWOP) 2017 Report

SWOP 2017 Report Launch

calendar_today 19 October 2017

News

State of World Population (SWOP) Report 2017 Call to 10 actions towards a more equal world

SWOP 2017