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16 August 2022
Statement
Dr. Nafis Sadik

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the passing of Dr. Nafis Sadik

Dr. Sadik joined UNFPA in 1971 and served as Assistant Executive Director from 1977 until her appointment as Executive Director in 1987. Throughout... Read more

4 August 2022
Press Release
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Experiencing Gender-based Violence will be Possible with Augmented Reality

UNFPA announces the winners of “Joint Innovation Challenge 2022” aimed to provide funding for social enterprises with innovative solutions that... Read more

2 August 2022
News
Ambassador of Federal Republic of Germany to Ankara, Jürgen Schulz addressing the audience on stage

A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future

UNFPA announced for the first time on World Population Day this year: The global population will reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022. This milestone... Read more

11 July 2022
News
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A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future

A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future for all - Harnessing opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for all

11 July 2022
Press Release
World Population Day

World set to reach 8 billion people on 15 November 2022

The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA is announcing for the first time this year on World Population Day: The global population is expected to... Read more

29 June 2022
News

Join UNFPA’s Coalition Of Core Contributors Supporting Rights And Choices For All

UNFPA is able to expand rights and choices for all and reach the most vulnerable women, girls and young people across the world with core resources.... Read more

19 June 2022
News
The Story of Mehmet

A Clean Slate with Support

Since the start of the Syrian war in 2011, more than 13 million people have been forcibly displaced. More than 6.5 million of them had to flee the... Read more

16 June 2022
Press Release
UNFPA Türkiye Resident Representative Hassan Mohtashami's opening speeches in the closing event

The Ministry Of Health and United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA Türkiye’s Collaboration During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Türkiye, with a total number of 17,543,136 cases, ranks 10th in the world among the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of March... Read more

21 April 2022
News
Hanife Nayan, a hairdresser from Van

Hand in Hand Cooperation with Tradespeople Against Child Marriages

In Turkey, one out of five women between the ages of 20-49 got married before the age of 18. One out of every three women who got married before the... Read more

6 April 2022
News
Two women and a child.

7 myths about unintended pregnancy

UNITED NATIONS, New York – Half. That is the alarmingly high proportion of pregnancies that girls and women do not deliberately choose.

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