calendar_today 29 November 2016

Nigeria Joins the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage

  I hope that my presence here, underscores the fact that as far as the Federal Government is concerened ... our position is clear, No Child Marriage. Nigeria’s…

calendar_today 25 August 2016

Keep Girls In School And Unlock Their Power To Become Economic Assets Says UNFPA

Naja’atu Idress is 15 years old. After graduating from primary school at age 10, she hawked for three years to support her parents with a daily stipend. At age 13 a…

calendar_today 27 July 2016

120 Out Of School Girls Liberated From The Slums

“Eyin o lori re da (where are the fortunate people)? Awa re O (we are here)” was the greeting resonating throughout the graduation ceremony of 120 out of…

calendar_today 21 June 2016

An Activist's Story Of FGM

“In a community where I advocate for the abandonment of female genital mutilation (FGM), pregnant women are abandoned during childbirth. Hajiya (I never got to know…

calendar_today 20 May 2016

The Horror Of Fistula And A Survivor's Tale

I met Zainab Baubau, a 32-year-old fistula patient twenty years after her failed marriage to Mohammed, and 19 years after the death of her son, an infant she lost during…

calendar_today 05 May 2016

International Day Of The Midwives – UNFPA And WBF Raise Awareness On Maternal And Neonatal Health

“Midwives are the first eyes to see and the first hands to hold our future” said Mr Stephen Sobhani, a key note speaker at the inaugural midwifery conference…

calendar_today 19 April 2016

UNFPA USAID Boost Data Gathering On Gender Based Violence

As part of its support package to curb the impact of gender based violence (GBV) within internally displaced person’s (IDPs) camps, host communities and otherwise,…

calendar_today 31 March 2016

UNFPA Strengthens Access To Reproductive Health Services In The North East

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has flagged off the distribution of 10, 000 dignity kits to survivors of insurgency and 144 comprehensive reproductive health…

calendar_today 29 March 2016

Statement

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…