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17 December 2021
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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…
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13 December 2021
Press Release
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 people in 2022
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07 December 2021
Press Release
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…
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03 December 2021
Press Release
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…
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01 December 2021
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2021
Pandemics will thrive as long as inequalities do
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25 November 2021
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day to End Violence against Women
Violence in the online world is real. It is also wrong, and it must be stopped. It may seem like the online world is safe for women and girls. What could possibly…
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24 November 2021
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UNFPA Representative presents credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs
KAMPALA, November 24 2021. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (In charge of International Affairs) Hon. Henry Okello Oryem has today, Wednesday 24th…
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10 November 2021
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‘We narrowly survived undergoing FGM’: Minister, MPs call for tougher actions against perpetrators
Karamoja & Sebei Regions, Uganda – A 14-year-old Judith* and five other Ugandan Pokot girls survived to undergo forced Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and…
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04 November 2021
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Ordinances facilitate grassroots action to counter gender-based violence
It has been the talk of policy makers, programmers and development partners for a while, at meetings, workshops and dialogues, “that Uganda makes good policies and…
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