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2016 State of the World Population report
UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin On the Occasion of the Launch of The State of World Population 2016 Welcome to the release of The State of World Population 2016, published by UNFPA, the... Read more
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on the International Day of the Girl Child
Making Girls Count in the Sustainable Development Goals Era “Is anyone out there even thinking of improving our lives?” asks Susmita, a teenager from Odisha, India. Susmita has never gone to school.... Read more
International Day of the Girl Child 2016 at Bhekathina High School
On Tuesday, 11 October 2016, the Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) under the United Nations Population Fund commemorated International Day of the Girl Child at Bhekathina High School, in Estcourt... Read more
iloveLife Clinic Locator Launch
An innovative and creative mobile platform for young people, ilovelife.mobi, was launched today, 4 October 2016, in Madzikane Ka Zulu Memorial Hospital in Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape. With... Read more
Statement of the Executive Director on International Day of Older Persons
The Transformative Force of Population Ageing Population ageing – one of the most significant trends of the 21st century – represents both a cause for celebration and a challenge. To ensure that... Read more
Ratlou Local Municipality Girls’ Assembly to look into averting Teen Pregnancies
On a bright Sunday morning on the 28 August 2016 the Deputy Minister of Social Development, Honourable Hendrietta Bogopane- Zulu, convened a girl’s assembly in the rural Mareetsane village of the... Read more
Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, for International Youth Day
Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, for International Youth Day UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, celebrates International Youth Day by reaffirming and... Read more
Commemoration of 2016 World Population Day
Commemoration of World PopulationDay, Youth Month and the International Nelson Mandela Day celebrations under the theme: “Moving South African youth forward by investing in teenage girls” The... Read more
“SHE CONQUERS”: HIV Prevention in Girls and Young Women in South Africa
At the margins of the at the 21st International AIDS Conference, held in Durban, a satellite session entitled “HIV Prevention in Girls and Young Women in South Africa,” was held on 20 July 2016. At... Read more
Dialogue between UN Secretary General, South African Deputy President and Young People
On 18 July 2016, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the Deputy President of South Africa, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, engaged in an exciting dialogue with young people from across Africa, when they met on... Read more