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Women and girls pay a heavy price during conflicts and emergencies
More than 1.7 million people, mostly women and children, have now fled from their homes in Ukraine to neighbouring countries. For them, displacement... Read more
Reaching young people with sexuality education during the COVID-19 pandemic
Restrictive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 made it difficult for young people to access sexual and reproductive health and rights services including sexuality education, increasing their... Read more
Ray of hope as top women leaders champion campaign against teenage pregnancy, child marriage
Every day in Uganda, the stories of hundreds of cases of teenage pregnancies reported across the country have become a ‘new normal’, visibly creating a crisis that may hinder national efforts to... 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 poverty, inequality... Read more
Fourteen-year-old girl rejects her mother’s demands to marry a 35-year-old man
Abim district, Northern Uganda – Fourteen-year-old Ruth* said no to child marriage. She rejected her mother’s demands to get married to a man twice her age. A primary five pupil and a member of Agile... Read more
The WAY programme gave me a hook!
Adjumani Town Council in Adjumani district is one of the areas in the country that is riddled with different culturally gender based forms of violence. In this area, it is not uncommon for a pregnant... Read more
Ugandan innovator wins UNFPA FGM Incubator, looks to enable survivors access services in real time
What if girls and women who have faced or are at risk of female genital mutilation could receive the services and support they needed at the time they needed them? This would help address the... Read more
Women and girls’ needs require urgent attention as climate shocks, conflict and COVID-19 fuel humanitarian crises
$835 million is needed to provide life-saving essential services to meet health and protection needs of 54.5 million displaced women, girls and young... Read more
UNFPA hands over equipment to Ministry of Health, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, the Judiciary and Uganda Police Force to advance access to justice by survivors of gender-based violence
Kampala, 7 December 2021 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund with funding from the Austrian Development Cooperation, the Embassy of Sweden in Uganda, and the European Union, has handed over... Read more
First Lady, Vice President, Prime Minister and the UN Launch National Campaign to Promote Positive Parenting
KAMPALA, 3 December 2021 - Today, the Government of Uganda in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is launching a... Read more