Statement
calendar_today31 December 2025
We urge the Israeli authorities to reconsider their plan to ban many of the international NGOs operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
Learn more about Statement by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: Revoke planned international NGO ban, humanitarian leaders urge Israeli authoritiesStatement
calendar_today10 December 2025
Around the world, we see progress in realizing human rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights. These rights are foundational to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, progress has been uneven, and in some cases, it is being reversed.
Statement
calendar_today03 December 2025
The full inclusion and safety of people with disabilities is indispensable to creating a more equitable world, free from harm, including in the digital realm.
Learn more about Making all spaces safe for persons with disabilitiesStatement
calendar_today01 December 2025
Progress on HIV prevention is the surest path to an AIDS-free generation.
Medical and public policy breakthroughs have accelerated the possibilities for protecting against HIV infection and towards expanding rights and choices for people around the world. Groundbreaking new medications have broadened prevention options so people can choose what works best to safeguard themselves. More countries are beginning to embed HIV prevention in national health systems.
Statement
calendar_today25 November 2025
For many adolescent girls, technology and the online world shape their friendships, communities and daily lives in countless positive ways. It’s where they learn, create and explore the world around them.
Statement
calendar_today25 November 2025
Discrimination against women and girls, and violence as its gravest manifestation, remains alarmingly high in every sphere of their lives, across physical and digital spaces alike. Each year, 245 million women and girls aged 15 and older experience physical and/or sexual violence perpetrated by a current or former intimate partner.
Learn more about Call to action: UNiTE to end digital violence against all women and girlsSpeech
calendar_today25 November 2025
It is an honour to be here with you to kick off the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence and to draw attention to the urgent issue of digital violence.
Learn more about Remarks by Ms. Diene Keita, UNFPA Executive Director, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against WomenStatement
calendar_today30 October 2025
Contraceptives save lives. For almost 50 years, global health authorities have recognized contraception as essential medicine. People want them, use them, and rely on them every day.
Statement
calendar_today29 October 2025
I condemn the shocking attack carried out at El Fasher Maternity Hospital in North Darfur, where at least 460 patients and their families were reportedly killed, after the seizure of the city by the...
Learn more about Statement on the reported massacre at El Fasher Maternity Hospital, North Darfur, Sudan by UNFPA Executive Director Diene KeitaStatement
calendar_today29 October 2025
The disastrous humanitarian situation in Sudan continues to require urgent action.
Learn more about Statement by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Sudan: A Call for Urgent International ResponseStatement
calendar_today21 October 2025
New York, October 21, 2025 - I have just returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where I visited Kinshasa and Goma to witness firsthand the realities facing women and girls caught in one of the world’s most neglected humanitarian crises — one marked by displacement, protection, health, and food/nutrition challenges. Throughout the visit, I reaffirmed our collective commitment to their health, rights, and protection.
Learn more about Statement by UNFPA Director of the Humanitarian Response Division, Shoko Arakaki on the Situation for Women and Girls in the Democratic Republic of the CongoSpeech
calendar_today14 October 2025
Every single day, over 700 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and
childbirth. That’s one woman lost every two minutes – needlessly. Each year, cervical and breast cancer claim the lives of more than 1 million women.