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05 May 2025
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Day of the Midwife (5 May)
When bombs fall or floods wash away roads and homes, where services are severed and infrastructure has collapsed, midwives are often the first responders and the last line of…
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05 May 2025
Press Release
UNFPA Warns of Devastating Impact of Funding Cuts on Midwife Support in Crisis-Hit Countries
“Cutting funding for humanitarian midwifery services puts women and their babies in harm’s way,” said Dr Natalia Kanem.
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17 April 2025
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FECAFOOT and UNFPA join forces to end GBV in football
UNFPA joined the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT) to train about 45 football club presidents and leaders in management, governance and club development with highlights…
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07 March 2025
News
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women's Day
Unjust laws and regulations still constrain rights, and healthcare services fail to match needs. Every 10 minutes a woman or girl dies at the hands of an intimate partner or…
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06 February 2025
Statement
Strengthening alliances and building movements to end female genital mutilation
There is hope. Many countries have seen a decline in the prevalence of female genital mutilation. We are witnessing progress in countries like Kenya and Uganda, where…
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10 December 2024
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on Human Rights Day
Today, millions of women and girls in all their diversities continue to be denied their fundamental human rights. Only 56 per cent of women are able to make their own decisions…
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03 December 2024
News
UNFPA Regional Director Connects With Women Repaired of Obstetric Fistula in Far North Cameroon
In the heart of the humanitarian crisis gripping Cameroon's Far North region, Chantal Daguidam's story shines as a testament to the resilience and the transformative power of…
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03 December 2024
News
UNFPA Regional Director reiterates commitment to curb maternal deaths to Cameroon’s Minister of Public Health
Following the courtesy call granted by Dr. Manaouda Malachie, Minister of Public Health, to Dr. Sennen Hounton, UNFPA Regional Director for West and Central Africa, UNFPA…
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03 December 2024
News
UNFPA Delivers Dignity and Hope to Flood-Affected Women and Girls in Cameroon's Far North
The devastating floods that recently ravaged Cameroon's Far North region left a trail of destruction, displacing communities and shattering lives. In the wake of this crisis,…
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