calendar_today 01 August 2016

Boost for Mothers at Tongogara Refugee Camp

TONGOGARA Refugee Camp clinic in Chipinge, Manicaland last week received medical equipment for its maternal ward, a move that is set to improve services at the camp’s maternal…

calendar_today 15 July 2016

World Population Day: Creating Spaces of Dialogue for Investment in Teenage Girls

Harare, 15 July 2015 – Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Population Day (WPD) through a number of advocacy events aimed at bringing more…

calendar_today 11 July 2016

News

Investing in Teenage Girls in Rural Zimbabwe

Makonde, 11 July 2016 - At the age of 11, Sibongile Majaura (14) was at risk of dropping out of school facing a future of early child marriage, teenage pregnancy and a life of…

calendar_today 11 July 2016

News

"Uchakunda" Investing in Teenage Girls

"Iron those trousers properly! Make sure that Sadza comes out good, and be sure to wake up early to sweep the house before anybody else! Decades later the words still ring in my…

calendar_today 11 July 2016

Press Release

UNFPA & Partners Call on Greater Investment in Teenage Girls on World Population Day

Harare, 11 July, 2016 – As Zimbabwe joins the rest of the World to Commemorate World Population Day the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and its partners are calling…

calendar_today 27 May 2016

Zimbabwe Launches Preliminary DHS Findings

Harare, 27 June, 2016 – Latest findings from the 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey are showing that Zimbabwe is making progress in improving access to access to Sexual…

calendar_today 23 May 2016

Statement

Executive Director Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

Ending Fistula within a generation"  by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA United Nations, New York,…

calendar_today 23 May 2016

Reconstructing Lives: UNFPA Fistula Repair Camps

Headlands, Zimbabwe, 23 May, 2016 – On this day last year Tuwede Adam (36) was sitting in her home dejected and sad having suffered from fistula for 19 years. In 1996,…

calendar_today 15 May 2016

News

Families can build sustainable healthy lives

Harare, 15 May 2016 - Today Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of Families under the theme: “Families, healthy lives and sustainable…