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21 February 2023
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UNFPA boosts Uganda Bureau of Statistics with computers and accessories ahead of Uganda’s first digitized census exercise.

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

10 February 2023
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Commemorating the International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and launch of UN Joint Programme on FGM

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

6 February 2023
Statement
UNFPA Uganda Representative Dr Mary Otieno

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

12 December 2022
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A happy couple with their baby. Increasing access to sexual and reproductive health services like family planning will enable mo

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

8 December 2022
Press Release
Head of Office ADC in Uganda Dr. Roswitha Kremser (L) and UNFPA Representative Dr. Mary Otieno.

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

6 December 2022
Press Release
UNFPA Uganda Representative Dr Mary Otieno and  H. E Elin Østebo Johansen, the Norwegian Ambassador to Uganda.

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

1 December 2022
Statement
UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem

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

11 October 2022
Statement
UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem

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

15 September 2022
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A midwife helping Ayorwoth to breastfeed her baby at Nebbi Hospital. Photo: UNFPA Uganda/Samuel Okiror

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,”

23 July 2022
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At the Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescent (ELA) club, Kyosimire acquired tailoring skills. Photo Credit: BRAC Uganda

‘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

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