calendar_today 06 June 2017

Statement

UNFPA mourns passing of Executive Director

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 June 2017—With profound sadness, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, announces that its Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, passed…

calendar_today 22 May 2017

“I have done more than 800 Obstetric fistula repairs in three years”– The story of Dr. Enette Chipungu

Lilongwe, Malawi - Every day she walks into the Fistula repair centre at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe with delight and hope to restore women’s dignity through Obstetric Fistula…

calendar_today 19 May 2017

News

Hope, healing, and dignity for all

Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, 23 May 2017

calendar_today 16 May 2017

News

Pad making skill spills over to out of school girls

There is a special day every week that girls at Lifidzi Primary School in Salima district meet and make their sanitary pads using locally available materials. During such sessions…

calendar_today 13 April 2017

UNFPA MALAWI – 2016 GLOBAL WINNER OF THE UNFPA GOOD PRACTICES COMPETITION

An innovation conceptualised in 2015 during the implementation the Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) programme funded by the European Union (EU), the Malawi Country…

calendar_today 24 March 2017

Malawi releases 2015-16 Demographic and Health Survey findings

The 2015-16 Demographic and Health Survey-DHS- findings were recently released in Lilongwe where among key findings; the maternal mortality ratio has decreased from 675 to 439 per…

calendar_today 13 January 2017

I have had a boyfriend; I have been pregnant; I have been married and I am now back in school: The story of Alinafe

It only takes her about 15 minutes to walk from her village, Sanyama to Katelera primary school. She is 15 years and is in standard seven. She has one child who is twenty three…

calendar_today 10 November 2016

Community One stop centre brought my family back

Having dropped out from Domasi Secondary school in Zomba while in form three in 2007, Daniel Kasekwe, 32 years old, had no other option but getting married to her long-time…

calendar_today 25 October 2016

Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children and Women, Marta Santos Pais commends UNFPA Malawi

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Violence against Children and Women, Marta Santos Pais has commended UNFPA Malawi for its efforts of promoting girls to…