In Burundi, where a pregnant woman dies from preventable complications every six hours, access to essential reproductive health supplies is transforming maternal care. Through the...

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No Woman Is Free Until All Women Are Free

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No Woman Is Free Until All Women Are Free

calendar_today 17 August 2026

In this powerful Op-Ed, UNFPA Regional Champion Ibanomonde Ngema reflects on the universal right to bodily autonomy. She argues that true freedom remains an illusion as long as...

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Stitching a future for young women in Angola

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Stitching a future for young women in Angola

calendar_today 12 August 2026

In Malanje, Angola, a vocational sewing program supported by UNFPA, the Government of Angola, the Government of Norway, and AfriYAN Angola is transforming young women's lives by...

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UNFPA Appoints Botlhale Boikanyo as Regional ICPD Youth Champion for East and Southern Africa

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UNFPA Appoints Botlhale Boikanyo as Regional ICPD Youth Champion for East and Southern Africa

calendar_today 03 August 2026

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) East and Southern Africa Regional Office has appointed South African poet, actress, and youth advocate Botlhale Boikanyo as its new...

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A generation is ready to power our future. The only question is whether we will invest in it

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A generation is ready to power our future. The only question is whether we will invest in it

calendar_today 07 July 2026

Despite everything, young people in our region remain among the most hopeful on earth: 48 per cent say they feel very positive about the future, against just 19 per cent of their...

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Families move girls across East African borders to evade FGM bans as the 2026 "cutting season" begins

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Families move girls across East African borders to evade FGM bans as the 2026 "cutting season" begins

calendar_today 06 July 2026

As East African governments strengthen national laws against female genital mutilation (FGM), a dangerous trend is accelerating: families are moving girls across national borders...

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Surviving childbirth shouldn't be a matter of luck: Why financing life-saving maternal health interventions must be at the heart of universal health coverage

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Surviving childbirth shouldn't be a matter of luck: Why financing life-saving maternal health interventions must be at the heart of universal health coverage

calendar_today 02 July 2026

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) or excessive bleeding after childbirth is the leading cause of maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, responsible for nearly one-third of all...

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Southern Madagascar: Women and girls at the forefront of climate innovation

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Southern Madagascar: Women and girls at the forefront of climate innovation

calendar_today 30 June 2026

In the face of these compounding crises, it is women and girls who are stepping forward with answers. They find possibility in the cactus pear, transforming it into food and...

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Building systems that see and hear everyone: Transforming care and support in Tanzania and Mozambique

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Building systems that see and hear everyone: Transforming care and support in Tanzania and Mozambique

calendar_today 19 June 2026

When people are forced into intense reliance on others without adequate outside support, the risk of violence and abuse rises dramatically for both the people receiving care and...

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