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DIALOGUE ON THE PROBLEMATIC OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS BEEN REVIVED IN BELARUS
On March the 26th a round table on the mechanisms of assistance to the victims of domestic violence was held in Minsk with the participation of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (BOC), the Roman... Read more
Let’s Put Young People at the Centre
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Youth Day 2018 We want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and make good on our pledge to leave no one behind. We... Read more
Regional Symposium on the development of evidence-based family policy was held in Minsk 21-22 of March
On March 21-22, a Regional Symposium on the development of evidence-based family policy was held in Minsk with the participation of foreign experts. The interim data of the international comparative... Read more
Protecting reproductive rights of rural women: a pathway to a more equal world
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem International Women’s Day, 8 March 2018 The economic inequalities plaguing much of the world today are reinforced by many other forms of inequality,... Read more
We must be bold and vocal in promoting the rights of all people to make free decisions
Today, as we commemorate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we celebrate the foundations that the Declaration provides for the right to sexual and reproductive health,... Read more
Cooperation Agreement between UNFPA and OWHealth (FLO mobile application) was signed today in Minsk
Representatives of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and OWHealth, developer of Flo, a mobile women’s health platform, signed Cooperation Agreement on December 5 in Minsk. The document was... Read more
Uphold the Right to Health for All to End AIDS by 2030 Statement of UNFPA Executive Director for World AIDS Day 2017
One new HIV infection is one too many – and in 2016 there were 1.8 million. In adopting the Sustainable Development Goals, the international community committed to ending AIDS by 2030. This will... Read more
Commit to ending gender-based violence by 2030
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 2017 Rohingya refugees fleeing into Bangladesh have... Read more
The State of World Population 2017
Unchecked inequality, failure to protect the rights of poorest women could threaten unrest, undermine peace and world’s development goals, new UNFPA report warns Only about half of the world’s... Read more
EmPOWER girls: before, during and after crises
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International Day of the Girl Child 11 October 2017 Girls today enjoy better life prospects than previous generations in many ways.... Read more