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14 September 2020
News

Taking package of integrated sexual and reproductive health and HIV information and services to marginalised communities through mobile health units

UNFPA joined the Deputy Minister of Social Development, Ms. Hendrietta Bogopane Zulu, on a week long Outreach Programme in KwaZulu Natal. The programme started in Madadeni, Newcastle on 14 September... Read more

4 September 2020
News

UNFPA reaches out to rural communities in the Eastern Cape to “Leave No One Behind”

South Africa, like the rest of the world, has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. As part of its Covid-19 response, UNFPA donated Personal Protective Equipment/ Clothing (PPE/PPC) to... Read more

27 August 2020
News

The Eastern Cape Department of Social Development prioritizes women’s empowerment through hosting a virtual Social Empowerment workshop focusing on Women’s Rights

UNFPA, as a strategic partner, was on 27 August 2020 invited to be part of the Eastern Cape Department of Social Development Women’s Month virtual engagement. Celebrated under the theme: Generation... Read more

26 August 2020
News

UNFPA & partners come together to raise awareness about the negative impacts of early and forced marriages in KwaZulu Natal

In an attempt to respond to the high incidents of early and forced marriages prevalent in UThukela district in KwaZulu Natal, on 26 August 2020, UNFPA and partners convened a dialogue to address the... Read more

19 August 2020
Statement

Saving lives has never been more harrowing

Last year saw attacks against aid workers surpass all previous records, with hundreds of humanitarian workers assaulted, injured, kidnapped or killed... Read more

1 August 2020
News

August is Women's Month in South Africa

Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights for an Equal Future In South Africa, Women’s Month in August commemorates the watershed 1956 women’s march to the Union Buildings and entails activities... Read more

11 July 2020
Statement

Peace in the home: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls – even during COVID-19

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day 11 July 2020

1 July 2020
News

Thank You, O Canada

As Canada celebrates its national day on 1 July, young women and girls' sexual and reproductive health and rights will be advanced in South... Read more

30 June 2020
News

Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls

Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are harmed physically or psychologically, with the full knowledge and consent of their... Read more

30 June 2020
Press Release

Confronting the silent and endemic crisis of harmful practices

Every year, millions of girls are subjected to practices that harm them physically and emotionally, with the full knowledge and consent of their... Read more

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