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.
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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.
21/11/2017
In line with the increasing global call for investments in the health and development of women and adolescent girls, the “What if Campaign” focuses on the empowerment of marginalized women and adolescent girls as a conerstone for the promotion of inclusive economic growth, poverty eradication, as well as improved health and well-being for all by 2030 in Zambia.
19/10/2016
Speaking at the 2016 TEDxLusaka, Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, highlights three key areas in which Africa needs to invest to reap the Demographic Dividend: Education, Employment and Empowerment.
10/10/2016
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund in Zambia is pleased to join the Government, partners and the people of Zambia in hosting the first ever Midwifery Indaba in Zambia.
Zambia has recorded significant progress in reducing maternal mortality rates, from 726 per 100,000 live births in 2002 to 398 per 100,000 live births in 2014. Ensuring that skilled midwifery personnel are available has been critical for this achievement. Current national data indicates that Zambia has increased the number of births assisted by a skilled attendant from 50% in 1992 to 64% in 2014. If deployed in larger numbers, trained midwives could avert approximately two thirds of these deaths.
However, more needs to be done to sustain these gains. That is why the United Nations Population Fund in Zambia is committed to sustaining its partnership with the Government, other national and international partners to address challenges related to midwifery workforce within a supportive health system. This includes the development of a Bachelor of Science Midwifery Curriculum to improve the quality and skills within the national midwifery workforce; review of existing midwifery curricula to ensure consistency with international standards; sponsoring the education and training of midwives including providing educational materials, supplies and equipment; building the capacity of the Midwives Association of Zambia; and recruiting retired midwives to provide services in rural and most under-served areas.
Such efforts will deliver on women’s rights to health and ensure that women and newborn infants obtain the care they need and contribute to the global and national shared vision of ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths by 2030.
31/07/2016
Straight Talk on LOVE and RELATIONSHIPS. Check out this new TUNEME Video!