calendar_today 17 October 2016

Statement

Access to quality sexual and reproductive health care can help end extreme poverty : Dr Babatunde Osotimehin

Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October

calendar_today 11 July 2016

News

Inspiring stories, urgent needs: Asian youth leaders demand more action for teenage girls

Youth leaders demand action for teenage girls

calendar_today 29 April 2016

Investing in girls: Cash incentives help promote gender equality in India

PUNJAB, India – “I am getting financial support for my education from the government, whereas my brother, who is studying in the same school as me, is not…

calendar_today 07 March 2016

Passage to change: Empowering adolescent girls this International Women’s Day

UDAIPUR district, India – In India, 47 per cent of women ages 20-24 married before they were 18. In rural, tribal regions of Udaipur district, the rate of child…

calendar_today 08 June 2015

Dependent, deprived: Child brides in India tell their stories

MADHYA PRADESH/RAJASTHAN, India – “I was 16 and never missed a day at school,” recalled Komal, who was forced to drop out of school and become a child…

calendar_today 28 November 2014

Ending violence and discrimination against women: A call to action in India and around the world

DELHI/NEW YORK – "Today, there is no country in the world, not one, where women and girls live free from violence," said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde…