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International Women’s Day Celebration in Egypt
Cairo, 10 March 2012 - UNFPA participated in the 101st International Women’s Day celebration at the Cairo Opera House. The evening was organized by UN Women, CARE and the Gender and Development... Read more
UNFPA Egypt secures the procurement of contraceptives to address the needs of Ministry of Health and Population / Family Planning Sector
In an effort to reinforce responsiveness to urgent requests from national counterparts, UNFPA Egypt Country Office supported and managed the procurement of 17,500 unit of Implanon Subdermal Implant... Read more
Delivering as one: the UN in Egypt launched the World Youth Report
Cairo, Wednesday 21st March - UNFPA, ILO, UNIC, UNIDO, UNESCO, UNWomen, UNV, UNICEF, and UNDP joined their forces as parts of One UN to launch all together the World Youth Report: “Youth Employment... Read more
Read the message of Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director, for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2012
Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty Message of Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director, for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2012 Today, on International Women’s Day, UNFPA... Read more
Join us to the Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers!
This Saturday March 31st , UNFPA will have a booth at the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers at the Citadel (National Police Museum), from 04:00 to 09:00pm.... Read more
UN Launches Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children
NEW YORK, 23 March 2012—UNICEF and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today launched a high-level commission to improve access to essential but overlooked health supplies that could save the... Read more
“Arab Spring: Spring for Women?” The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs invited UNFPA to talk about its efforts to advance the rights of adolescent girls in Egypt.
March 7, Arab World Institute, PARIS - “The Egyptian Revolution continues to be youth driven and still seeks freedom and social justice for all”, but despite some young activist women on the front... Read more
U.N. Aims at Major Global Conference on Women in 2015
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 8, 2012 (IPS) - As the race towards gender equality moves at an exceedingly slow pace, the United Nations is calling for a major international conference on women in 2015 - 20... Read more
Thank you, Ziad!
Cairo- February 21st. The Egypt Country Office and the Arab States Regional Office (ASRO) bid farewell to Ziad Rifai, Egypt's Representative for the last four years. A party was organized in UNFPA's... Read more
Breaking taboos through theatre
CAIRO, February 23rd - How to provoke debate amongst very distinct groups of people on sensitive topics such as: sexual harassment, sorting garbage, relationships between teenagers and their parents... Read more