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“I lived a miserable life. I thought that life was all over for me, just ruined”
Eliminating fistula is a key element of “leaving no one behind” and the world risks failing to achieve the SDG targets if there is still a woman/girl left in the world who is suffering from fistula... Read more
The unsung hero: a young “Midwife” Who Is Making a Difference .
The experience of childbirth makes a big difference in whether women seek care during future pregnancies. During this International Day of the Midwife, we celebrate all those working to save the... Read more
SYP Realising the potential of every young person: “Kijana Acha Alama”
4 April 2022, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The Safeguard Young People (SYP) programme is official launched in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, with the Hon Patrobas Katambi,the deputy Minister of State in Prime... Read more
7 myths about unintended pregnancy debunked
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Half. That is the alarmingly high proportion of pregnancies that girls and women do not deliberately choose. The neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy is the subject of... Read more
Ensuring Women and Girls Count for Generation Equality
According to the World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report of 2021, it will take at least another 135 years for the world to achieve gender parity. At this rate, nobody alive today is likely to... Read more
Women and girls pay a heavy price during conflicts and emergencies
Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day More than 1.7 million people, mostly women and children, have now fled from their homes in Ukraine to neighbouring countries. For them,... Read more
UNFPA hands over ten motorbikes to police force for GBV response.
The Police Force of Tanzania has received ten motorcycles from UNFPA, the United Nations Sexual and Reproductive Agency, to provide quality and timely support to survivors of Gender-Based Violence... Read more
The Anti-FGM Strategy to accelerate efforts towards Zero GBV and Harmful Practices in Tanzania.
“I underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) when I was ten years old. It hurt so much that I cried and cried. One day when I was twelve, my aunts examined me and declared that the mutilation was not... Read more
A crisis within a crisis: Increased investment critical to end female genital mutilation as COVID-19 rages on
NEW YORK, 6 February 2022 – “Multiple overlapping crises are putting millions of girls at increased risk of female genital mutilation. “Countries already grappling with rising... Read more
Introducing the New Representative UNFPA United Republic of Tanzania.
Dar Es Salaam, 21 January 2022. UNFPA the UN Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency is pleased to introduce Mr. Mark Bryan Schreiner, the new UNFPA Representative to the United Republic of Tanzania... Read more