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25 April 2017
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UNFPA wins Webby Award

UNITED NATIONS, New York - UNFPA has won the Webby Award and the Webby People's Voice Award in the category of Best Use of Photography for the web feature, "16 Girls, 16 Stories of... Read more

9 February 2017
News

UNFPA lauds First Lady’s interventions on adolescents and young people

Windhoek, Namibia - In Namibia, young people are a significant proportion of the population. In 2011, 66 per cent of the population was younger than 35 years old and adolescents were about 23 % of... Read more

9 January 2017
News

Namibian Government tours UNFPA UNFPA Procurement Services Branch

A Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) delegation visited UNFPA Procurement Service Branch (PSB) in Copenhagen, Denmark, to gain a... Read more

16 November 2016
News

'I was abused, and I called it love'

“If someone had told me that I would one day be subjected to domestic violence, I would not have believed it. I was raised to be a strong and... Read more

20 October 2016
News

Ten-year-old girls are the face of our future

Ten-year-old Temawelase is a sixth-grader in a rural community in the Hhohho region of Swaziland. Almost 4000 kilometres away, her age-mate Daline... Read more

15 April 2016
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UNFPA’s delegates pose for a picture with the First Lady’s team. From left, Ms. Nancy Kalomo, Ms.Tuli-Mevava Nghiyoonanye, Mr.Israel Tjizake (UNFPA), Ms.Dennia Gayle, Madam Monica Geingos, Ms. Cathline Neels (UNFPA), Loide Amkongo (UNFPA) and Helena Kuzee.

UNFPA pays courtesy call on First Lady of Namibia

The UNFPA Representative to Namibia, Ms. Dennia Gayle paid a courtesy call to the First Lady of Namibia, Monica Geingos, on 6 April 2016 to discuss... Read more

14 April 2016
News

UNFPA Namibia Staff rally behind Standard Bank Namibia’s Poverty Eradication Initiative, the Buy-a-Brick Project

UNFPA Namibia staff on 2 March 2016 joined the rest of the UN family in the country to support the Standard Bank Namibia’s Poverty Eradication Initiative, the Buy-a-Brick Project. The Buy-a-Brick... Read more

14 April 2016
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UNFPA Namibia Staff rally behind Standard Bank Namibia’s Poverty Eradication Initiative

UNFPA Namibia Staff rally behind Standard Bank Namibia’s Poverty Eradication Initiative, the Buy-a-Brick Project

UNFPA Namibia staff on 2 March 2016 joined the rest of the UN family in the country to support the Standard Bank Namibia’s Poverty Eradication Initiative, the Buy-a-Brick Project. The Buy-a-Brick... Read more

23 March 2016
News

Taking stock of ASRHR in Namibia

Namibia’s First Lady received the Dream Up, Speak up, Stand Up (DUSUSU) Award after hosting a panel discussion on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive... Read more

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