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29 March 2016
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Statement on the gender and equal opportunities bill

The Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill deserves another look and adoption by the Senate as a further step by Nigeria towards fulfilling humanity’s vision of transforming our world by 2030 to... Read more

25 March 2016
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Nigeria Takes A Stand Against Sexual And Gender Based Violence

UNFPA, through its targeted interventions and years of advocacy with other partners, successfully witnessed Nigeria pass into law, its first “Violence against person’s prohibition” bill (VAPP). The... Read more

19 February 2016
News

Using Mobile Technology To Improve Young People’s Reproductive Health In Nigeria

From knowing about modern contraceptives to learning about healthy relationships, young people have a right to access comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education. However, they are... Read more

9 February 2016
News

UNFPA And The Guardian Present The First Pan-african Award For Reporting On Female Genital Mutilation

“My father forced me to get married to an older man almost his age. The old man gave him 20 cows. I tried to run away from that old man, but my father warned me that he would beat me to death if he... Read more

9 February 2016
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Female Genital Mutilation In Nigeria Must End Within A Generation

“I hear the cry of a little girl, she cries from the pain afflicted on her, she cried yesterday, cries today and may cry tomorrow, will you help me stop the pain?” Her Excellency (H.E), Mrs. Dolapo... Read more

1 January 2016
News

Reducing Early Marriage In Nigeria Through The Adolescent Girl Initiative

Zainab, was 13 years old when she saw her first menstrual cycle. She remembers having cramps in her abdomen but that was overshadowed by her mother’s joy, “you are now a woman”, her mother said,... Read more

1 January 2016
News

6 Ways UNFPA Has Made A Difference In Nigeria

1. Access to Maternal Health Limited access to health care services is a contributing factor to high maternal mortality in Nigeria. Every year about 33,000 women and girls die from pregnancy... Read more

1 January 2016
News

A Look Back At UNFPA In 2015

JANUARY: Scale-up of Humanitarian intervention in Nigeria’s North East In 2015, UNFPA further scaled up its humanitarian response in the North East, targeting 4.5million beneficiaries of the 14.... Read more

1 December 2015
News

2015 National Family Planning Conference Convened

A 2 day national consultative conference on family planning programming in Nigeria was held in December. The conference was hosted by the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in partnership... Read more

7 September 2015
News

UNFPA Strengthens Access To Reproductive Health Services In The North East

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in partnership with the Government of Japan and the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (UN-CERF) has flagged off the distribution of 11, 000... Read more

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