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Who We Are

Who We Are

Who We Are

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UNFPA Global

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

We promote gender equality and empower women, girls and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services, with the goal of ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage female genital mutilation by 2030.

Our moto is "Ensuring rights and choices for all"

Leadership

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Executive Director

Dr. Natalia Kanem

In a career spanning over three decades, Dr. Natalia Kanem has dedicated her life to improving the health and lives of women and children by championing their rights and choices. She leverages her combined expertise in science, public health and philanthropy to advance the reproductive health and rights of women and girls, and to uphold the human dignity of all.

As United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, Dr. Kanem oversees its life-saving policy, development and humanitarian work in over 120 countries, with the aim of assuring that ‘every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.’

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Head of Office

Head of Office

Tlangelani Shilubane-Pietersen

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Ms. Tlangelani Shilubane-Pietersen is the Head of Office of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the Republic of Botswana. With a Masters in Community Development and Social Policy Making, Ms. Shilubane-Pietersen brings over 18 years experience from prior engagement in the civil society sector, the South African Government as well as in both the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) East and Southern Africa regional office and the South Africa Country Office. Key contributions in Ms. Shilubane-Pietersen’s background have been directed towards strengthening development efforts for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This has led her to be at the forefront of policy, programme and development efforts within the strategic areas of population dynamics, sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR), adolescents and youth, ending gender based violence and promoting gender equality as well as ending new HIV infections for the achievement of sustainable development. As the Head of Office Ms. Shilubane-Pietersen’s responsibilities include effective management of UNFPA programmes in Botswana, ensuring accountability through monitoring results achieved as well strengthening UNFPA’s support to the United Nations Development System.
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