A three-year Joint UNFPA and UN Women Programme supported by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) was launched today in Ikungi District, Singida Region, Tanzania. The Joint Programme will combine the strengths of the three partners to improve the lives of some of the furthest behind women and girls in Ikungi District, Singida Region and Msalala District, Shinyanga Region and accelerate the achievem...

We first met Winifrida three years ago. She had just attended training to learn about her rights and adolescent sexual and reproductive health because in her own words she didn’t like seeing girls becoming pregnant before they had even finished primary school education or being married and she wanted to do something about it. When she heard about the training – run by KIWOHEDE as part of the Korea International Coope...

NEW YORK – A new High-Level Commission of advocates, experts and activists was established today to help commitments to women’s health and rights made at the November 2019 Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 stay on track, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is blocking access to essential services, such as family planning and antenatal care. The Nairobi Summit secured billions of dollars in commitments from governments,...