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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
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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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