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The social workers at the heart of the implementation of the package of essential services
As part of the improvement of services related to the care of victims on gender-based violence, 25 social workers were trained on the use of the... Read more
Parliamentarians engage in law reform on gender-based violence and harmful practices
The National Human Rights Commission with the support of UNFPA initiated a behavior change movement towards harmful practices with the public... Read more
New adolescent-friendly centre to empower girls
UNFPA, in collaboration with the National Union of Djiboutian Women, inaugurated an adolescent-friendly centre to provide girls with safe spaces... Read more
Top 5 things you didn’t know about female genital mutilation
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Too often, the first message a girl receives about her body is that it is imperfect – too fat or too thin, too dark or too freckled. But for some girls, the message is that... Read more
World must work harder to secure sexual and reproductive rights for all, says new UNFPA report
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 10 April 2019— The global reproductive rights movement that began in the 1960s transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of women, empowering them to govern their own... Read more
Vulgarization of the Civil Registration System Reform and Vital Statistic
A high-level conference on the launch of a handbook and a practical guide for registration of civil status records was held under the patronage of... Read more
A study on the achievements of the status of women in Djibouti
As part of the celebration of the National Women's Week from March 10 to 18, 2019, the Ministry of Women and Family and the National Union of... Read more
Take action to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030
Mary Oloiparuni was 13 when she was mutilated. Restrained in a doorway early one morning in her home, she was cut, bled profusely and experienced agonizing pain. The scarring she endured then... Read more
Awareness campaign on FGM through social networks for young people on
As part of the international day against FGM, UNFPA organized an awareness campaign on social networks to reach the maximum of young people and drew... Read more
Conference on Harmful Practices and the Social Media Awareness Campaign on FGM
UNFPA in collaboration with the Independent Research Institute of the Horn of Africa (IRICA) organized a high-level conference under the chairmanship... Read more