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Maternity Waiting Homes Bring Cheer to Chiweshe Women
It’s not about a gleaming waiting room, with tiled floors, aircon, mounted televisions, beautiful furniture, portraits, magazines, coffee mixers and chilled water dispensers. It’s not about custom... Read more
Poor menstrual health affects lives of flood-affected women and girls
The subject of menstrual health is an extremely important one but one which has not been thoroughly conveyed especially to young girls. Menstrual health is of uttermost importance to every woman and... Read more
High risk of maternal death and sexual violence in flood affected districts
NatPharm, Harare, 30 June – 5,000 women and girls are at high risk of gender-based violence including sexual violence, as well as at high risk to... Read more
UNFPA mourns passing of Executive Director
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 June 2017—With profound sadness, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, announces that its Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, passed away suddenly at his... Read more
Restoring "Hope, healing, and dignity” for women living with fistula requires all our commitment
In all the years I have worked in the development community there is not one issue that touches my heart more than the problem of obstetric fistula from Senegal to Madagascar, Democratic Republic on... Read more
Hope, healing & dignity restored for child marriage survivor
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, 23 May, 2017 – Nyasha Musandu (15 – name changed to protect identity) was just 12 years old when she was forced into child marriage. At 13 she fell pregnant, suffering a still... Read more
Student Resource Centre important model in harnessing Zimbabwe's Demographic Dividend
Midlands State University, 19 May – "There are many problems we face on campus as students; some of my friends have had problems with drug abuse, abortions and STIs," said 24 year old Tinashe, a... Read more
Building capacity to save lives
GOKWE NORTH DISTRICT, Zimbabwe – After completing her nursing training at Kwekwe Hospital, Sister Violet Makaza, 29, decided to do more specialist... Read more
Let's Talk: Creating safe spaces for young women in Zimbabwe
Marvellous Zendera (22) was at risk of taking her own life through depression and despair following an abusive polygamous marriage, finding herself alone with a young baby to care for in her rural... Read more
Launch of the National Teenage Fertility Study & ASRH Strategy
St. Albert’s Mission Hospital, 10 March – The Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), today launched the findings from the National Teenage Fertility Study which... Read more