Natalia Kanem Quotes

UNFPA lamented the loss of lives in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory and is deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of all civilians caught up in the crisis, especially women and girls.

UNFPA supports pregnant women and newborns by providing essential medicines and deploying midwives. This can only continue if lifesaving aid can reach them.

For many women and girls, no place is completely safe. Violence invades their homes, schools, and workplaces, and now, it is becoming alarmingly widespread in their digital lives. Online violence can happen anywhere, to anyone, at any time. Yet, it disproportionately affects women and girls,”

eased the reach to people in rural areas; a move to ensure that no one is left behind when it comes to planning for families.

Obviously, peace is fragile. It requires our continuous attention, dialogue, compromise and cooperation.”

Fortunately, survivors and allies are taking action. Already, more than 54,000 signatories have joined UNFPA’s #bodyright campaign and committed to championing the right to bodily autonomy and freedom from violence. Survivors and advocates – artists, activists, politicians, and tech experts among them – are sharing stories and demanding change

For individuals vulnerable to intersecting forms of discrimination, the levels of digital violence they experience are even more extreme. Research shows LGBTQIA+ people, women and girls with disabilities, and people of African descent all experience online abuse specifically tied to their identities. Black women are an estimated 84 percent more likely than white women to be attacked in abusive tweets,”

For UNFPA right now, we are commiting 40 percent of our funding to finance female-led organizations. And this is the leadership we are committed to."

UNFPA reiterates call for reversal of evacuation order from northern Gaza Peoples Gazette (October 18, 2023 )

I'm delighted that Rwanda is hosting ICASA; which is a bigger opportunity for us to recommit to the prevention of HIV and to the compassionate caring to those who live with the virus,

Peace is the most pressing issue of our time and in women's lives,

It's very important to understand the humanitarian and internal displacement conflicts is having on women, and that is why we need to create safe spaces"

UNFPA has had a long and productive relationship with Rwanda. We discussed what is happening in the country in terms of the investments in young people and in the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls.

Violence against women and girls has invaded all spaces, including virtual ones, and this must end,

We call for immediate, unimpeded humanitarian access so that food, medicines, water, and fuel can reach everyone in need.