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12 August 2022
Press Release
Ensuring young people reach their full potential is key to UNFPA's mandate

UNFPA Zimbabwe, partners call for support to ensure young people reach their full potential

On the International Youth Day the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Zimbabwe and partners have called for greater support to ensure young... Read more

12 August 2022
News
Young people being reached with essential services and information

“Growing up, conversations about sex were taboo” – Chengeto Pasipanodya

“Growing up, conversations about sex were taboo” – Chengeto Pasipanodya

27 July 2022
News
UNFPA’s partnership with the Government of Zimbabwe began in 1981 with support to the 1982 population census

Zimbabwe releases the 2022 Population and Housing Census Preliminary Results

Zimbabwe releases the 2022 Population and Housing Census Preliminary Results Harare, Zimbabwe, 26 July, 2022 – Zimbabwe has released the 2022 Population and Housing Census Preliminary Results which... Read more

15 July 2022
News
Support from the Health Development Fund ensured women with high risk pregnacies were airlifted from marooned areas to health fa

Towards zero maternal deaths - Health Development Fund supports development of midwifery E-Learning Platform

Harare,, Zimbabwe, 15 July, 2022 - The United Nations Population Fund and the Ministry of Health and Child Care with support from the Health... Read more

28 June 2022
News
Under the Spotlight Initiative engaging men and boys to prevent Gender Based Violence is key

Voice from the field: “I now stand committed and believe that men and boys must be powerful change agents”

“My name is Taurai Masikamba, I was born in 1996, November 19, in a family of five children, two boys and three girls. I’m the third child in the family. My mother passed on when I was very young and... Read more

15 June 2022
News
he Health Assistance Project for Women and Girls Affected by Tropical Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe is China Aid funded and administe

Critical support contributing to ending maternal deaths

Birchenough Bridge Hospital is named after the iconic bridge that spans the Save river. The hospital complex is nestled a stone’s throw away from the bridge, near the main highway that connects... Read more

14 June 2022
News
UNFPA and UN Women Country Representatives signing the pledge of committment to end child marriages

Ahead of the Day of the African Child, UN agencies and partners pledge to end child marriage in Zimbabwe

Harare, 14 June 2022 – Ahead of the Day of the African Child (16 June) United Nations agencies and partners today made a pledge to promote role of women in society and end child marriage. The pledge... Read more

31 May 2022
News
The European Union high level delegation at the Epworth One Stop Centre

UNFPA Zimbabwe hosts donor missions

Harare, Zimbabwe, 31 May, 2022 – The United Nations Population Fund in May hosted donor missions from the European Union (EU) and the World Bank who visited various programmes on Sexual Reproductive... Read more

23 May 2022
Press Release
UNFPA Zimbabwe has been helping restore the dignity of women and girls with fistula since 2015

UNFPA calls for support to help restore the dignity of women and girls with Obstetric Fistula in Zimbabwe

Harare, 23 May, 2022 – On this International Day to End Obstetric Fistula commemorated on 23 May each year, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for greater support for the Campaign... Read more

6 May 2022
News
Through the World Bank supported ZIRP programme UNFPA and partners have been reaching survivors of GBV with critical services

A survivor of Gender Based Violence supported to restore her property rights

Chipinge, Zimbabwe, 6 May 2022  – For 56 year old Esnath Masinga from Hortburg (not her real name) the death of her husband brought about an unusual form of property grabbing. In her community issues... Read more

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