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A sustainable model for women’s leadership
A multi-pronged approach across enhancing employability, sport for leadership, and bodily autonomy is the key to strengthening leadership abilities... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day 2023
Technology is essential to advancing gender equality. When women and girls can access and use technology safely, they can amplify their voices and... Read more
India needs to double down on bridging its digital gender gap
Leveraging our demographic dividend will require the gender dividend of digital empowerment.
Choosing her own path
Divya Chaudhry, a 16-year-old resident of rural Tikuri district in Madhya Pradesh, has a clear vision of the future she has chosen for herself.
As the world’s population hits 8 billion people, UN calls for solidarity in advancing sustainable development for all
By achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, delivering human rights and leaving no one behind, we can usher in a world where all 8 billion people... Read more
Accelerating Action to End Child Marriage
The UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage is the first United Nations led joint initiative designed with a focus on promoting the... Read more
End the cycle of child marriages with empowerment, education and employment
Eradicating child marriages and enabling girls to study longer and gainfully join the labour force is key to India’s future development, including... Read more
Equality and individual autonomy in reproductive rights: India shows the way
In a bold and landmark judgement on September 29, India’s top court interpreted the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act and Rules to reassert... Read more
Reducing Her Burden: contraception as a critical step toward women’s empowerment
India having reached replacement level of fertility, the emphasis of the Family Planning Programme now is to improve maternal and child health. Along... Read more
Social norms withholding the potential of women and girls…must be reversed
Social norms withholding the potential of women and girls back are so entrenched in the societal ethos here, that a silver lining seems almost... Read more