Diana Nyambura is getting a head start on the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), a month before it commences in her hometown of Nairobi. Diana represented Kenya at the Youth Model ICPD, held in Cairo on October 16-17. The conference brought together over 200 young people from over 50 countries, giving them a chance to simulate the iconic conf...

Under the auspices of the H.E Present Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, UNFPA and the Ministry of Youth launched the Youth Model International Conference on Population and Development on October 16. The two-day conference is bringing together over 200 young people from 53 countries from around the world, giving them a chance to simulate the landmark ICPD that took place in Cairo in 1994. The ICPD saw the adoption of the Progra...

People always asked Hegazeya Nasr why she is dressed like a boy, as she walked down the streets in her karate uniform. “I always used to hear people mocking me,” she says, “people even approach my brothers asking them how they allow their sister to ‘dress like a boy’.” The 18-year-old has been practicing karate in her village of Quos in the Upper Egyptian Qena governorate for a year, and has earned a brown belt to...