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Preventing unintended pregnancies during COVID-19 crisis
UNFPA is supporting local authorities in Malawi to ensure that family planning services and commodities are available for women and adolescent girls... Read more
Fighting teen pregnancies to keep girls in school
With 49 percent of girls getting married before their 18th birthday, UNFPA and partners is working to keep girls in school in Malawi
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... Read more
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... Read more
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
Choosing education over early marriage
A mother's love for education sees her refuse to handover over teen daughter for marriage
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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,... Read more