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Empowered adolescent girls hold the key to ending poverty
“With 63 percent of the 4.6 million people under 25 years, and declining mortality and fertility, Liberia is supposed to begin moving towards the... Read more
“Never Despairing”, Woman Speaks of Joy after her Premature Newborn Survived
Mothers and their newborns are most vulnerable during, and immediately after childbirth. Interventions that address their special needs remain... Read more
Traditional Leaders in Liberia Commit to Ending Child Marriage
We Traditional Leaders say now is the time to break the silence and condemn in entirety those things that depressingly affect our children most... Read more
The State of World Population 2017
Unless inequality is urgently tackled and the poorest women empowered to make their own decisions about their lives, countries could face unrest and... Read more
UNFPA Funded Liberia Fistula Project trains more fistula survivors in Vocation
The Liberia Fistula Project on Thursday, 14 September graduated 13 fistula survivors from its rehabilitation program. The fistula survivors received... Read more
Dr. Natalia Kanem Appointed UNFPA Executive Director
Dr. Natalia Kanem was appointed Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today by Secretary-General António Guterres. She... Read more
More Fistula Survivors Receive Free Treatment
The Liberia Fistula Project at the Ministry of Health, launched in 2008 with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has continued to... Read more
Young people call for education, health care, rights – and politicians are listening
Life is not often easy for Liberia’s young people. It has been 14 years since the end of a brutal civil war, but in many ways communities are still... Read more
UNFPA Supports Training of 30 Senior Midwives as Master Mentors Ends in Monrovia
The Liberia Prevention of Maternal Mortality (LPMM) in collaboration with the Liberia Midwifery Association (LMA) has completed a Master Mentor... Read more
Hundreds Receive Family Planning Services as UNFPA & Partners Observe World Population Day
UNFPA and the Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia (PPAL) engaged in a weeklong outreach activities between 07 and 13 July to provide family... Read more