calendar_today 04 January 2017

#4Girls three months after Hurricane Matthew in Haiti

Port-au-Prince, January 4, 2017 --- UNFPA and UNICEF in Haiti continue the campaign, launched on October 4, to highlight the impact of the hurricane on girls (10-19 Years) in the…

calendar_today 05 December 2016

UNFPA and UNICEF in Haiti continue the campaign for girls in hurricane-affected areas

Port-au-Prince, December 4, 2016 --- UNFPA and UNICEF in Haiti continue the campaign, launched on October 4, to highlight the impact of the hurricane on girls (10-19 Years) in…

calendar_today 29 November 2016

Midwives saving lives in hurricane-devastated Haiti

BEAUMONT, Haiti – "I was twisting in pain this Friday,” 31-year-old Emmanuella Jeanty told UNFPA, describing her labour pains. She was in Beaumont, a town in…

calendar_today 27 November 2016

Statement

Empowering women and girls requires renewed efforts to end violence and harmful practices

Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25…

calendar_today 25 November 2016

Launch of 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women

Women’s’ participation makes Haiti strong

calendar_today 21 November 2016

When midwives make a difference in the reproductive health of women and girls

Beaumont (Grand´Anse), November 17, 2016 --- "I was twisting in pain this Friday, November 11. Fortunate coincidence: Miss Lizaire visited me that day. She took care…

calendar_today 15 November 2016

UNFPA releases its humanitarian response report after hurricane Matthew hit Haiti

Weak mobilization of international donors for Haiti

calendar_today 09 November 2016

Statement

STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

I congratulate Mr.Donald Trump on his election as forty-fifth President of the United States of America.  In the aftermath of ahard-fought and often divisive campaign,…

calendar_today 27 October 2016

News

Health facilities devastated in Hurricane Matthew: “I couldn’t have left the women there to die”

JEREMIE, Haiti – The night Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, Marie-Lyrette Casimir, 46, was the only midwife on duty at the maternity unit of St. Antoine Hospital in Jérémie…