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Ghana and Togo mobilize to promote Family Planning and end the spread of HIV/AIDS
The West Africa Health Organization (WAHO) and its partners, including the Ghana Health Service, Ministries of Health in Ghana and Togo and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) among others, on... Read more
A little education could have saved the situation.
If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education- Jane Fonda (actress and political activist... Read more
UNFPA bids farewell to inaugural YoLe cohort
The closure of applications for UNFPA Ghana’s innovative idea in 2018- the Youth Leaders Fellowship Programme (YoLe)- saw an innumerable number of hopeful applicants who were on tenterhooks as to... Read more
The current Generation march against all forms of sexual and gender-based violence
In the heart of Accra, scores of young people thronged the Osu Oxford Street to create awareness on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and Harmful Practices (HP). UNFPA Youth Leaders (YoLe)... Read more
UNFPA engages Parliamentarians from Ghana and the Diaspora on harnessing the Demographic Dividend
As part of activities to leverage on Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ which has seen some half a million diasporas’ of African ancestry relocate to or visit Ghana, UNFPA in collaboration with the Government... Read more
UN Ghana Country team Commemorates World Human Rights Day with Young People
Upholding and empowering young people to know and claim their rights is one of the many reasons why this year’s celebration of World Human Rights Day focused on young people under the theme “Youth... Read more
Flash Mop by Kayayei to create awareness on 16 Days of Activism against gender- based violence
It was an exciting scene at the Agbobloshie yam market in Accra on 3rd December 2019 where Kayayei gathered to do a flash mob dance performance as part of the 16 days of activism against gender-based... Read more
Friends of UNFPA launched in Ghana
Ms Claudia Lumor, the Honourary Ambassador of the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) Ghana on Thursday, November 28, 2019, launched the “Friends of UNFPA” to advance the sexual and reproductive... Read more
Ghana at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25
The Nairobi Summit on International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) presented an ideal opportunity for individuals, governments, civil society groups, youth advocates, traditional and... Read more
Engaging Young People for Effective HIV Preventive Messages
Ghana is characterized by the UNAIDS classification scheme, as a low-level generalized HIV epidemic country with the prevalence that consistently exceeds 1% among pregnant women. The prevalence rate... Read more