Who We Are

UNFPA Global

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

We promote gender equality and empower women, girls and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services, with the goal of ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage female genital mutilation by 2030.

Our moto is "Ensuring rights and choices for all"

UNFPA in CO

UNFPA works in more than 150 countries and territories that are home to the vast majority of the world’s people. Its mission: to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

Leadership

Assistant Representative

Aicha Djama

For 28 years, Aicha Djama has been at the heart of all the transformations experienced by Djibouti in the field of population.

As the country's first demographer, she worked at the Central Census Bureau. In this position, she represented Djibouti at the 1994 ICPD and at the Beijing Conference in 1995.

She was a founding member of the Djibouti Association for Balance and Family Promotion affiliated with IPPF where she contributed to the development of the Djibouti Family Code. At UNFPA since 1999, she supported the creation of the first safe motherhood project and the creation of the first directorate for maternal and child health at the Ministry of Health.

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