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15/11/2022

A world of 8 billion people is a world of infinite possibilities. See what this milestone for humanity means for both people and the planet: https://www.unfpa.org/8billion

#8BillionStrong

15/07/2022

Remarks by Dr. Bannet Ndyanabangi, UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa at the commemoration of World Population Day and launch of the State of World Population 2022 Report in Namibia on 11 July 2022.

30/06/2020

The evidence is clear: When girls are given the power to make an informed choice about marriage, they marry later. Laws are an important first step, but programmes are also needed to empower girls with information about their rights and educate parents about the benefits of keeping their daughters in school.

30/06/2020

As more and more women, girls, men and boys learn about FGM and its harm, opposition to the practice is growing. In the last two decades, the proportion of girls and women in high-prevalence countries who want the practice to stop has doubled.

Somalia-born Ifrah Ahmed campaigns to end female genital mutilation. Here she describes her fight to end this injustice against women and girls.

30/06/2020

Around the world, girls are subjected to child marriage, female genital mutilation and son preference. They are denied their equality and their humanity. We have the tools to end these harmful practices. We have seen solutions that work. What we need now are the investments. And the will.

03/10/2018

Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, makes a statement on the launch of this new report, the first of its kind for the region.

04/04/2016

Children as young as 11 years old are being forced into marriage in Namibia. Legal drafters from SADC Member States gathered together in Johannesburg recently to approve the draft Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage.

Produced and published by Rinelda Mouton and Gertzon Witbooi, One Africa Television