Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
UNFPA executive stepping down after eight years highlights midwife training, contraception distribution and funding threats
Summary
The executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, speaking in an interview, reviewed the agency's work training midwives and distributing contraception while warning that donor funding cuts — including from the United States — threaten services for women and girls.
The executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said she is stepping down after more than eight years and highlighted the agency's work training midwives, distributing contraception and expanding humanitarian services while warning that donor funding cuts threaten care for women and girls.
"UNFPA has upheld the rights and choices of women and girls, adolescent girls in particular, when it comes to ****** and reproductive health and rights," the UNFPA executive director said, listing achievements since taking the post. She said the agency has "trained, hundreds of thousands of midwives" and "provided contraception literally…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
