Apply: Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship 2025
Deadline: 18 April, 2025 Applications are now open for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Ghana Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship Programme 2025. The Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship programme is one of UNFPA Ghana’s flagship programmes which aligns with the organisation’s mandate of ensuring that every young person’s potential is fulfilled. Benefit Fellows are taken through […]
Eswatini: Adequate Funding Needed to Address Violence against Women
The government of Eswatini needs to urgently address violence against women in the country, as the menace remains a pressing and deeply rooted issue. Development Diaries reports that approximately one in three females has experienced some form of sexual abuse by age 18, and 48 percent of women have experienced some form of sexual violence in […]
ECOWAS Provides Obstetric Fistula Intervention
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has donated U.S.$1,960,000 to some member states to improve care for women and girls suffering from obstetric fistula. Development Diaries reports that the country beneficiaries are Benin, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria and Togo. It is understood that each of the aforementioned countries received […]
Eliminating Violence against Women, Girls in Africa
Across Africa, violence against women and girls is still a widespread and deeply ingrained problem that impedes the advancement of human rights, gender equality, and society. Development Diaries reports that research conducted by the Network of Local Elected Women of Africa found that 40 percent of women in West Africa and over 65 percent of […]
CAR: Increase in Sexual Violence Recorded
Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has declared sexual violence a public health emergency in the Central African Republic (CAR). Development Diaries reports that MSF recorded the treatment of more than 19,500 survivors of sexual violence in the country between 2018 and 2022, indicating an increase in cases during the period. […]
Apply: UNFPA Personal Assistant
Deadline: 28 October, 2023 Location: Abuja, Nigeria The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is seeking to fill the position of Personal Assistant to the Resident Representative. The United Nations Population Fund, formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. Responsibilities Ensure optimal communication […]
UNFPA Addresses Sexual Violence in Africa, Others
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called on the global community to vastly scale up action and funding in order to address the rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in crisis settings. Development Diaries reports that the UNFPA Executive Director, Natalia Kanem, made this known in a press release to commemorate the 2023 International […]
Eswatini: Persons with Disabilities Get Council
The government of Eswatini has inaugurated the National Advisory Council for Persons with Disabilities at Ekwetsembeni Special School in Mbabane. Development Diaries reports that the country’s Deputy Prime Minister, Themba Masuku, inaugurated the council as Eswatini, in partnership with the United Nations, works to safeguard the well-being of persons with disability in the country. Persons […]
Kenya: UNFPA, KRC Make Digital Inclusion Call
The Kenya Red Cross (KRC) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have jointly called for the inclusion of women and girls in Kenya’s digital and technological advancement efforts as a measure for tackling humanitarian challenges. Development Diaries reports that the call was made to commemorate International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023. IWD is observed every […]
Somalia: Why Women, Girls Need Urgent Aid
The United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA) has said that women and girls are the ones bearing the brunt of the ongoing armed conflict in Somalia’s Las’anod city. Development Diaries reports that over 170 people have been killed and over 500 injured in Las’anod following clashes between Somaliland troops and local fighters after weeks of unrest. According […]