To implement the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF), the province of KwaZulu Natal identified GBVF Champions, such as district and local mayors, counselors, Amakhosi, religious leaders, and Civil Society Organisations to provide guidance and leadership to municipalities on issues of GBVF and the implementation of the provincial strategic plan on GBVF.

As the sun set over Lusaka, Zambia on 10 November, a vibrant discussion by the Ministers in Charge of Population drew to a close, following two days of receiving reports from the African Population Experts Committee, writes Diene Keita, UNFPA Deputy Executive Director, Programme.

On 19th- 22nd September 2023 UNFPA’s Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) empowered the government’s Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) through conducting a capacity building training on key ASHR topics targeting EPWP workers in East London. The Expanded Public Works Program (EPWP) is a South African government initiative aimed at providing skills and work opportunities to the unemployed youth of the country.