News
News
12 August 2019
Statement
My Body, My Life, My World! – a brand new rallying cry for the SDG generation
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Youth Day From their communities to their capital cities, young people everywhere are demanding their…
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11 July 2019
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day
Want to improve women’s lives and countries’ prospects for prosperity? Expand contraceptive choice. Her life. Her choice. Our future. Women have a…
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23 June 2019
Statement
Strong condemnation against the gang rape of 12-year-old in Puntland
We are gravely concerned by the death of 12-year-old Najmo Abdilkadir Hassan from Burtinle in Puntland who passed on after suffering a brutal gang-rape on 19 June 2019.
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30 May 2019
News
Young Somalis facilitate peace building in Galkayo
Young people are facilitating peace-building efforts in the divided Somali city of Galkayo, which has been riddled with tribal conflict since 1993. UNFPA Somalia is providing…
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30 May 2019
Statement
UNFPA Representative condemns the gang rape of a 9-year-old
We are deeply shocked by the hideous act where a nine-year-old girl was gang raped on 29 May in the central Somali town of Bulo-Burde, some 425 km west of Mogadishu.
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28 May 2019
Statement
Menstruation is not a girls' or women’s issue – it’s a human rights issue
Mogadishu, 28 May 2019 – Today on Menstrual Hygiene Day, we stand with Somali women and girls and commit towards providing more support towards national health systems, which…
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12 April 2019
Press Release
New UNFPA Representative to Somalia presents credentials
Mogadishu, 11 April 2019 – The UNFPA Representative, Mr. Anders Thomsen, today officially presented his credentials to the Federal Republic of Somalia. The Minister of Foreign…
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27 February 2019
Statement
Death of 12-year-old Aisha Ilyes Aden
We are shocked by the death of 12-year-old Aisha Ilyes Aden who has been brutally murdered after being kidnapped, raped and tortured in northern Galkayo. As the UN agency leading…
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04 February 2019
News
New Puntland president honors UNFPA Somalia
The new President of Puntland State of Somalia, Mr. Said Abdullahi Deni on 30 January 2019 presented awards to UNFPA Somalia Representative Nikolai Botev and former First Lady for…
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