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Regional Conference on Islam and Family Planning
Jalalabad, 18 May 2014 - One hundred and fifty religious scholars from across Kunar, Nuristan, Laghman, Nangarhar came together in Jalalabad to discuss family planning / birth spacing in the light of... Read more
Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula - 2014
Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive... Read more
Sharifa, 20 years living with obstetric fistula
I was 15 years old when I got married and my husband was 22. My sister in law saw me at one of my relative's wedding and made all the arrangements for her brother to have me", explains Sharifa. Forty... Read more
Statement on the International Day of Families - 15 May 2014
Twenty years ago, at the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, the world community recognized that families, in their various forms, should be strengthened and enjoy... Read more
Afghanistan to invest in midwifery higher education to accelerate reduction of maternal and child deaths
Kabul, May 6, 2014- The Afghan Midwives Association (AMA) together with the Ministry of Public Health and the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, celebrated today the International Day of the... Read more
Purple: A colour changing the future of Afghan mothers
KABUL- Purple is the colour midwifery students proudly wear in a small but revolutionary school in this busy capital. Apart from the purple scarf, they all have something in common: their place of... Read more
Ensuring maternal and newborn health services in all remote areas of Daikundi by 2015
Canada's support of 5.2 Million CAD Dollars will establish 49 new Family Health Houses which will provide ante-natal, delivery and post-natal... Read more
Ground breaking ceremony for the expansion of Data Processing Centre at CSO
Kabul, 24th March 2014. - Work officially started today to expand the Data Processing Center of the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) in Kabul. Shir Mohammad Jamizada, President General of CSO,... Read more
The Embassy of Japan and UNFPA join efforts to strengthen police response to violence against women and girls in Afghanistan
The 2.2 million USD project will train Afghanistan's National Police Force and other key legal actors to better respond to violence against... Read more
Statement on International Women's Day - 8 March 2014
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - 2014 KABUL, 7 March 2014 - As the United Nations prepares to celebrate International Women's Day, which falls on 8 March annually, the UN system in Afghanistan is... Read more