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Speaking up against female genital mutilation and child marriage
The UK Department of International Development (DFID) in partnership with government of Uganda and the UN in Uganda hosted a post girl summit... Read more
Thank you to all partners for a successful 2014
While UNFPA staff was preparing the annual work plans for 2015, a light moment was shared to close the year 2014.
NEWS Commitments to increase family planning shaped into a costed plan
The Government of Uganda has committed to reduce the unmet need for family planning from 34 per cent to 10 per cent and to increase the modern... Read more
State of the World and State of Uganda Population Reports underline the benefits of investing in young people
Perhaps to emphasize just how important the agenda of young people is, both the State of the World Population and State of Uganda Population reports... Read more
UNFPA Regional South Sudan Crisis Appeal- Urgent Resource Mobilization efforts
In December 2013, violence broke out in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, and spread quickly around the country. The conflict has so far displaced 740,000... Read more
UNFPA joins New Vision to Award Women Achievers
Women Achievers! These are ordinary people, just like you and me, but they have gone against all odds to invest in their communities. They are the... Read more
Mothers clubs promote family planning services in Karamoja
After the birth of her third child, Napio Rose Mary of Lomukwa village in Kotido Town Council wanted to use a family planning method to delay her... Read more
UN official statement on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda
A high profile campaign to increase condom use
Since December 2012, UNFPA has been supporting a national multimedia campaign dubbed ‘If it is not on, it is not safe' aiming to get more... Read more
Elders put foot down on FGM/C abandonment
BUKWO: It all started in 1988, when the chairman of the district council in Kapchorwa, Mzee Peter Kameron, used his position to pass a resolution making Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C)... Read more