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Responding to GBV in emergencies essential
Harare, Zimbabwe, 11 September, 2018 – Considering the impact of Gender Based Violence (GBV) is essential when preparing for disasters and emergencies, gender experts attending a workshop on how best... Read more
UNFPA Sista2Sista Clubs helping young girls get their lives on track
Makonde, Zimbabwe, 12 September, 2018 - Vimbai Shumba is 18 years old. When she failed her Ordinary Level (O’ Levels) exams two years ago, she thought her aspiration to go back to school and study... Read more
Let puts young people at the centre - UNFPA Executive Director on International Youth Day
We want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and make good on our pledge to leave no one behind. We want to build lasting peace. Therefore, young people belong at the centre of our... Read more
Youth friendly services key to young’s people’s access to essential health services, information
Harare, Zimbabwe, 20 July, 2018 – Youth friendly services are key to young people’s uptake of essential health services such as family planning, according to health experts who recently attended a... Read more
Invest in Family Planning to save women’s lives
By Dr. Esther Muia* Harare, Zimbabwe, 11 July, 2018 - Today we commemorate World Population Day. This day has been commemorated globally each year since 1989. It’s a day that focuses our attention on... Read more
Press Release: UNFPA, partners call for more efforts to reach women, girls with Family Planning services & information
Harare, Zimbabwe, 11 July, 2018 – Zimbabwe has made huge progress in the provision of Family Planning for women but more efforts are required to ensure access for even those in the remotest parts of... Read more
Statement by the United Nations Population Fund Executive Director, Dr Natalia Kanem on World Population Day
Family planning is a human right 11 July, 2018 Fifty years ago, the world declared that “parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their... Read more
More women’s lives changed through fistula repair surgery
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, 30 June, 2018 - More than 500 women from Zimbabwe are currently on the waiting list to undergo fistula repair surgery while a total of 397 women have benefited from the surgeries... Read more
Zimbabwe School Health Policy to promote sexual and reproductive health in schools
Harare, Zimbabwe – 20 June, 2018 – The Government of Zimbabwe has launched the Zimbabwe School Health Policy under the theme “A healthy mind, in a healthy body.” The School Health Policy, which was... Read more
Hopley infrastructure project empowers young women
Kudakwashe Josaka (22) never dreamt she could earn enough money for herself. “When I failed to complete my Ordinary Levels, I thought that was the end of the road for me because in this country the... Read more