reproductive health

Asenam Amuzu.
UN News/E. Scaffidi

Reproductive health a "human right" says young Ghana activist

7 April 2017
General News

A youth activist from Ghana is urging African governments to prioritize the sexual and reproductive rights of the continent’s young people.

Asenam Amuzu represents a non-profit called Dance4Life which empowers young people to protect their health and promote safe sexual choices.

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Gender-based violence is a longstanding problem in Yemen. File
UNFPA Yemen/Fahmia Al-Fotih

UN Gender Focus: Yemen, Portugal and epidemic diseases

7 April 2016
UN Gender Focus

Yemen conflict having “devastating” effect on women of reproductive age

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UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin (left) and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the launch of ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Report.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Ignoring equality, rights and women’s health risks derailing development – UN officials

12 February 2014
While nearly 1 billion people have escaped extreme poverty in the past 20 years and child and maternal mortality have been cut by almost one half, much more work remains to be done to address inequalities and ensure the rights and dignity of all, especially women and children, top United Nations officials stressed today.
UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin.
UNFPA

UN partners with African nations to boost girls’ access to reproductive health services

5 August 2013
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has announced it will support programmes in eight African countries over the next three years to boost access to reproductive health services for millions of adolescent girls.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon inspects a mosquito net at Mwandama Millennium Village, Malawi in May 2010

New UN partnership seeks to promote reproductive health in Africa

13 December 2010
The United Nations has teamed up with the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) to promote universal access to reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing mainly on young mothers.
A young mother breastfeeds her baby

World must recommit to slash maternal mortality as goal lags far behind – UN

27 October 2009
The target of slashing maternal mortality and ensuring universal access to reproductive health is the furthest from success of all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) the world set itself in 2000, a senior United Nations official has warned, calling for renewed political will, funding and international solidarity.
A midwife examines a pregnant woman at a clinic

UN forum on reproductive health in protracted crises kicks off in Spain

28 September 2009
Health officials, many from countries either in or recovering from long-running crises, are meeting at a United Nations forum in Granada, Spain, to find ways to meet the neglected sexual and reproductive health needs of people during and immediately after crisis situations.