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21/03/2023

Highlights of UNFPA Zambia's 2022 Annual Report "Delivering on the Transformative Results". It reflects UNFPA's key achievements in supporting the Government of the Republic of Zambia towards improved health and development outcomes for women and young people in Zambia.

14/02/2023

Not everyone has equal access to health care, including sexual and reproductive health care. In Zambia, 20 per cent of women aged 15-49 have an unmet need for family planning.

To fill this gap, the Government of Zambia, with support from UNFPA and funding from the Government of the United Kingdom, launched a health systems strengthening programme in 2017, that mobilized 180 community-based family planning distributors in Central Province, to provide women and girls, especially in hard-to-reach areas, with family planning information and services.

Jacqueline Kalunga is one of these community-based distributors. After attending a training on family planning caregiving in Kabwe, the capital of Central Province, Jacqueline began supplying her community with contraceptives. This made life easier for clients such as mother-of-two Karin.

23/11/2022

Former Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida is UNFPA's new Regional Champion. Watch how this girl from a village in South Africa has risen to celebrated author and a champion for women and girls' rights.

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

29/04/2022

In Zambia, 1 in 3 girls (29%) become mothers while practically children themselves; while another 1 in 3 girls are married by age 18.

See how ‘safe spaces’ implemented through the UNFPA-UNICEF global programme to end child marriage are helping girls acquire the life-skills and support they need to prevent adolescent pregnancy and child marriage.

14/02/2022

A summary of UNFPA Zambia's 2021 collective achievements and deliverables with the Government of Zambia and other partners, towards improving the health and development of women and young people in Zambia.

24/09/2021

Youth-friendly health services, including access to contraceptives, are critical towards ending adolescent pregnancy. Learn how UNFPA Zambia is enabling thousands of adolescent girls like Christabel to access the information and services they require to fulfil their potential

31/08/2021

After a December 2020 resolution led by Costa Rica, this year marks the inaugural observance of the International Day for People of African Descent “to promote greater recognition and respect for the diverse heritage, cultures, and contributions of people of African descent to the development of societies, and to promote respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of people of African descent.”

The day comes more than a century after UNIA’s first international convention closed on 31 August 1920 at Liberty Hall in New York’s Harlem neighbourhood. The month-long gathering on human rights was led by UNIA founder and first president-general Marcus Garvey. It also comes midway through the International Decade for People of African Descent, which focuses on recognition, justice and development.

To commemorate the day, which focuses on rights and choices and leaving no one behind, UNFPA will participate in a series of events from 31 August to 4 September in San José and Cahuita, Costa Rica. UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem will deliver a special message for the opening ceremony on 31 August and speak at the closing ceremony on 4 September, which will feature a Drum Dialogue. In addition, Dr. Kanem will host "Global Leaders Dialogue: People of African Descent – A Journey Towards Equality" from Panama planned for 9 September.

As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims, all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and human rights. The ugliest chapters of human history have shown what happens when those rights are denied and violated. To this day, such abominations continue around the world. Our work does not stop until those chapters come to a necessary end. 

26/07/2021

Despite notable progress, millions of women and girls with disabilities are unable to access sexual and reproductive health services, Family Planning. In Zambia, the UNFPA Supplies Partnership works with partners to break key barriers to reach every woman and girl. Learn more from Jane's story...

01/08/2020

UNFPA Zambia, in collaboration the Ministry of National Development Planning, launched the 2020 State of World Population Report under the theme "Against my will: defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality"; as well as the 2020 World Population Day under the theme "Putting the Breaks on COVID-19: How to Safeguard the Health and Rights of Women and Girls Now”. The dual launch made the case that investing in women and girls can yield significant socio-economic dividends, including contributing to the achievement of Zambia’s Vision 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals aimed at improving health and well-being for all by 2030.

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