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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife: Global health systems must invest in midwives
When heavy monsoon rains flooded refugee camps in Bangladesh, it was midwife Shakila Parvin who, in knee-high water, delivered twins to a hypertensive mother and stabilized her before she was rushed... Read more