Also known as: UNFPA Ghana · United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Ghana
UN Population Fund — supports reproductive health, gender equality, and youth development programmes in Ghana, including vocational training and civic campaigns.
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… Speaking at a High-Level Stakeholders’ Summit convened by MSI Reproductive Choices Ghana with support from UNFPA, Dr Doris Amarteifio, Programmes Manager, Family Planning, Ghana Health Service (GHS) said the withdrawal created a major funding gap. …
Family Planning Commodity Crisis Looms As Stakeholders Push For Domestic FinancingJoy Online
The National Commission for Civic Education, in partnership with UNFPA has launched a comprehensive civic engagement initiative in Anloga District. …
NCCE, UNFPA, Canada launch Civic campaign to fight GBV in Anloga DistrictJoy Online
… These achievements result from collaboration between the Government of Ghana, specifically the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service and Ministry of Finance, UNFPA, and partners,s including Qatar Charity Organisation, Fidelity Bank Ghana, Access Bank Ghana, and AT Ghana. …
UNFPA and partners triple fistula repairs but Ghana needs 2,249 a year to meet 2030 targetJoy Online
… Through the Midwifery Accelerator coalition, UNFPA is supporting multiple countries in developing evidence-based investment cases to promote midwifery models of care tailored to local contexts. …
One Million More Midwives: Ghana’s Moment to ActJoy Online
… The consultations, which have already been held in several regions with support from UNFPA and UNDP, include both multi-stakeholder and youth-only sessions across the Upper West, Upper East, Savannah, Northern, Greater Accra, Oti, Volta, Eastern, and North East Regions. …
Nationwide consultations underway for Ghana’s Youth peace and security planGhana's reproductive health education policies risk failing without adequate teacher and health worker training, confidence, and institutional support to deliver sensitive lessons and provide non-judgmental adolescent health services.
15 October 2026 · Daily Guide →
Ghana's reproductive health education policies risk failing without adequate teacher and health worker training, confidence, and institutional support to deliver sensitive lessons and provide non-judgmental adolescent health services.
15 October 2026 · Daily Guide →
October 11 marks the United Nations' International Day of the Girl, which aligns with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 5 on gender equality and women's empowerment. Global and local organizations are working toward achieving these goals through programmes addressing poverty, equality, education, health, and climate change.
12 October 2026 · Joy Online →
More than 90 percent of Ghana's tracked family-planning expenditure in 2024 was financed by development partners, while the Government of Ghana accounted for approximately 9.48 percent, raising questions about sustainability when external funding ends.
2 October 2026 · Joy Online →
The Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service urged Ghanaians not to equate success with English language proficiency, saying that inability to speak English fluently should not define a person's potential. She told about 200 stakeholders at the Image of a Woman Conference 2026 that people have unique talents regardless of formal education or English ability.
1 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A national study presented in Accra on 28 July 2026 found widespread sexual harassment and discrimination against young women in Ghana's creative sector. The Behind the Scenes project, led by researchers at the University of Cape Coast with support from the International Center for Research on Women and the Mastercard Foundation, called for safer workplaces and stronger gender equity measures.
4 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, in collaboration with the Parliamentary Training Institute and UNFPA Ghana, organised a two-day capacity-building programme for Parliament's Committee on Human Rights to enhance their understanding of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and strengthen parliamentary oversight mechanisms.
4 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The UN Population Fund's Regional Director for West and Central Africa pledged to promote UNFPA Ghana's Youth Leaders Fellowship Programme (YoLe) across Africa, describing it as a unique comprehensive model combining youth leadership development, national service, and academic advancement that sets it apart from similar initiatives on the continent.
28 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The United Nations Population Fund Regional Director for West and Central Africa has described Ghana's National Service model as a comprehensive youth development programme that combines national service, academic development, and skills advancement, and could serve as a model for other African countries.
28 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Twenty-five vulnerable young women from northern Ghana who migrated to Accra as kayayei (female head porters) have graduated from a year-long vocational training programme in painting and tiling under the Kayayei Assistance Project (KASPRO), a joint initiative by UNFPA Ghana and Prudential Life Insurance Ghana aimed at enabling their transition to sustainable livelihoods.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana is hosting an African Union Extraordinary Summit on Health on July 21–22, 2026, focused on ending AIDS and tuberculosis by 2030, reducing maternal deaths, and addressing communicable and non-communicable diseases across the continent. The United Nations supports the initiative and frames health as foundational to sustainable development and social justice.
22 July 2026 · Daily Guide →
Ghana is facing an urgent family planning commodity crisis following USAID's withdrawal of 45% of the country's contraceptive supply. Stock levels remain critically low despite government increasing its funding share to 20% for 2025 and UNFPA stepping in, with some commodities like Depot-Provera at 0.11 months of supply.
13 July 2026 · Daily Guide →
The National Commission for Civic Education and UNFPA have launched a comprehensive civic engagement initiative in Anloga District funded by Global Affairs Canada. The programme deploys community meetings, outreach at markets and lorry stations, mobile van broadcasts, and men's club engagements to address gender-based violence, adolescent pregnancy, and harmful norms.
18 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An estimated 845 women in Ghana develop obstetric fistula annually, a preventable childbirth injury, yet fewer than 30 per cent receive the surgical repair. To eliminate fistula by 2030, Ghana needs an annual repair rate of 2,249, according to the 2025 Obstetric Fistula Burden Study.
23 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The world needs one million additional midwives by 2035 to prevent over 4 million deaths annually from pregnancy and childbirth complications. Africa accounts for half the current midwife shortage, where maternal death rates are among the highest globally, and midwives can provide up to 90% of essential maternal, newborn, and reproductive health services.
5 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana is conducting nationwide consultations to develop its first National Action Plan on Youth, Peace and Security through a multi-stakeholder process led by the National Youth Authority and KAIPTC, with engagements underway across multiple regions to ensure the policy reflects young people's experiences and concerns.
27 April 2026 · Joy Online →