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28 April 2020
Press Release
New UNFPA projections predict calamitous impact on women’s health as COVID-19 pandemic continues
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the number of women unable to access family planning, facing unintended pregnancies, gender-based violence and other harmful practices could…
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17 April 2020
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UNFPA supports pregnant women and young people in response to rising COVID-19 infections in Malawi
In early April, Malawi recorded its first COVID-19 case and in response the government declared a national state of disaster. Yet for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund,…
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26 February 2020
News
Female chiefs vow to end child marriage in Malawi
Forty seven percent of women in Malawi are married before the age of 18, which puts Malawi on 12th in the world on early child marriages
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28 January 2020
News
Choosing education over early marriage
A mother's love for education sees her refuse to handover over teen daughter for marriage
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15 July 2019
News
UNFPA Malawi kick starts the road to Nairobi with media as allies
Lilongwe, MALAWI - The media in Malawi expressed their commitment to ensure the International Conference on Population and Development, ICPD agenda is kept in the public domain by…
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12 July 2019
Statement
Want to improve women’s lives and countries’ prospects for prosperity? Expand contraceptive choice.
Women have a right to make their own decisions about whether, when and how often to become pregnant. That right was reaffirmed in 1994 in Cairo at the landmark International…
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24 May 2019
News
People-centered development is critical for Africa's future to ensure the Africa We Want
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, recommitted to the revolutionary decision taken at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development…
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23 May 2019
News
Monica, a fistula survivor and a future scientist
LILONGWE, Malawi - Like many Malawian children, Monica Kaleso was excelling well in school. Her dream to be a medical doctor was on course. In 2013, at the age of 17, she started…
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13 May 2019
News
Allaying safe delivery anxiety among pregnant women affected by floods in Malawi through RH kits
Phalombe – MALAWI, Fasileni Kanyenga was in her eighth month of pregnancy. Each passing day, she was looking forward to a safe delivery at Chitekesa health centre in Phalombe…
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