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30 September 2020
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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

11 June 2020
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Child marriage in Malawi

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

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... Read more

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... Read more

26 February 2020
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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

28 January 2020
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Mariata is now back in school after giving birth

Choosing education over early marriage

A mother's love for education sees her refuse to handover over teen daughter for marriage

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... Read more

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... Read more

24 May 2019
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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

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,... Read more

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