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Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem With each passing day, the scale of the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences are becoming ever more apparent and alarming. UNFPA, the United... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women's Day, 8 March 2020
This International Women's Day, we celebrate the icons who blazed the trail towards gender equality. We now look to today’s generation of activists, women who are shaping a vision of a better... Read more
UNFPA statement on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and pregnancy
UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, is closely monitoring and working with partners, governments and UN agencies to address the outbreak of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19),... Read more
UNFPA participates in EU Campus Tour
UNFPA participated in the EU Delegation to Egypt’s Campus Tour in Egypt in February 2020, organized and the EU Neighbors South project under the title #EU4YOUth. The tour ran under the theme... Read more
Service providers at Aswan family planning unit showcase efforts to end unmet need for family planning
As an outreach worker, 29-year-old Esraa realizes the importance of talking to women about the benefits of family planning on their own health as well as their children’s. The outreach worker is one... Read more
Unleashing Youth Power: A Decade of Accelerating Actions Towards Zero Female Genital Mutilation
Joint statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros... Read more
UN Egypt statement on the death of Nada Abdel Maqsoud, victim of Female Genital Mutilation
The United Nations in Egypt is deeply saddened by the recent tragic death of 12-year-old Nada Hassan Abdel Maqsoud in Assiut Governorate while undergoing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at the hands... Read more
Family planning campaign reaches over 200,000 women in nine governorates
The Ministry of Health and Population’s Family Planning Sector, in collaboration with UNFPA, concluded the fourth round of the “Your Right to Plan” campaign in nine governorates, funded by the ... Read more
Alexandria to pilot Al-Wessam automated programme
UNFPA and the Ministry of Health and Population’s Family Planning Sector held two training sessions on the automated programme for indicators' registration and analysis for family planning clinics’... Read more
Nurses trained on new curriculum combining family planning counseling in maternal programs
The Ministry of Health and Population held training workshops targeting nurses to introduce the comprehensive curriculum that integrates family planning counseling in maternal and vaccination... Read more