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UNFPA boosts Uganda Bureau of Statistics with computers and accessories ahead of Uganda’s first digitized National Population and Housing Census 2023
“UNFPA’s mandate on data and evidence generation is to strengthen national capacities to ensure that population and housing censuses are of high... Read more
Uniting against Female Genital Mutilation
Commemorating the International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and launch of UN Joint Programme on FGM Phase IV
Ending FGM: Change is possible, with involvement of men and boys
In the communities where FGM is practiced, men hold decision-making positions as cultural, religious institutional leaders, fathers, teachers,... Read more
No Woman Left Behind
FP2030: Government of Uganda fulfills commitment to increase domestic resources for sexual and reproductive health commodities to ensure no woman is... Read more
Government of Austria commits EUR 3,030,000 for delivering an integrated package of rights in Karamoja and Northern Uganda
The two-year project aims to ensure women and young people, including those in hard-to-reach communities and those most at risk, will be empowered to... Read more
Government of Norway commits NOK 45,000,000 (USD 4.5m) to advance integrated sexual and reproductive health and rights services for adolescents and youth in Kamuli and Mayuge districts
The three-year project is called “My Body, My Life, My World-Empowering Young girls and women to decide over their own bodies and to ensure universal... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2022
Every person should know the freedom and safety – and right – of bodily autonomy. They should be able to exercise their sexual and reproductive... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Girl
We must act with urgency and commitment to end child marriage. And we must tackle its root cause: gender inequality. If all girls completed secondary... Read more
UNFPA- supported blood collection and distribution centre improves obstetric care in Nebbi
“I am so grateful the doctors managed to save my life. I thank God that the blood for transfusion was readily available. Otherwise I would have died,”
‘I was forced to get married to a 40-year-old man at 17’ – a survivor of child marriage and gender-based violence narrates
KYEGEGWA, Uganda – In 2018, Anna Kyosimire aged 17, was forced to get married to a 40-year-old man, more than twice her age. “I was forced into marriage to escape violence that we were experiencing... Read more