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7 April 2017
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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

10 March 2017
Press Release

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

23 February 2017
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Swedish State Secretary visits Zimbabwe

Harare, Zimbabwe – Swedish State Secretary for International Development Cooperation Ms. Ulrika Modéer has pledged commitment to support the Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) agenda in... Read more

6 February 2017
Statement

The world must make faster progress to end female genital mutilation by 2030

Joint message from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, 6 February... Read more

17 January 2017
News

Living positively in Zimbabwe

MASVINGO, Zimbabwe – Two years ago, Evermore left school at the age of 14 to marry a 23-year-old man. Her marriage quickly deteriorated to the point of her husband beating her and denying her food.... Read more

10 December 2016
News

'Girls' club turned our lives around'

Ejected from home by her family at the tender age of 17, Precious Hove found herself forced into an early marriage in a strange community. With... Read more

20 October 2016
Statement

UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin on the Launch of The State of World Population 2016

UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin Welcome to the release of The State of World Population 2016, published by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. This year’s report is entitled... Read more

20 October 2016
Press Release

UNFPA State of World Population 2016

Harare, 20 October 2016 — Forced marriage, child labour, female genital mutilation and other practices undermining girls’ health and rights threaten the world’s ambitious development agenda, warns... Read more

26 September 2016
Statement

World Contraception Day: Saving and transforming women’s lives

Access to modern contraception saves and transforms women’s lives. It transforms their families and communities, too. Family planning is one of the... Read more

9 September 2016
News

UNFPA Zimbabwe and partners launch One Stop Centre for survivors of Gender Based Violence

Gwanda, 9 September, 2016 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) have a launched a One Stop Centre (OSC)... Read more

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