@UNFPA East & Southern Africa Regional Director | Taking action to make the world 🌍 a better place for women and young people.
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Lydia Zigomo retweeted
Les 22 et 23 octobre à Cibitoke, dans la Commune de Bukinanyana, l’@UNFPABurundi et l’@burundiIJCD ont mobilisé 33 actrices et acteurs locaux, sectoriels et communautaires pour répondre aux défis rencontrés par les populations déplacées sur le site de Gateri.
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
Investing in midwives is crucial to saving lives, as they help make pregnancy and childbirth safer for mothers and their babies.
@UNFPA works to address the global shortage of midwives, ensuring more mothers have access to the skilled care they need, wherever they are.
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
Progress in SRHR isn't made in isolation. Thanks to long-standing support from our donor #partners, @UNFPA @UNICEFAfrica @WHOAFRO & @UNAIDS_ESA are delivering integrated health services for youth across East Africa.
📰2gether4srhr.org/news-media/…
#2gether4SRHR #youthhealth #SRHR
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
A girl is married somewhere in the world every 3 seconds - cutting her childhood short, ending her education, and putting her health and future at risk.
The “urgency to end child marriage is greater than ever”. Progress must accelerate by at least 20 times by 2030. #UNFPA calls on governments, communities, and partners to “invest, at scale and over time” to ensure girls’ rights are upheld - everywhere.
For more read @UNFPA Executive Director @unfpachief statement for International Day of the Girl here 👉🏿 bit.ly/4yLonG0
#DayOfTheGirl #EndChildMarriage #InvestInGirls #BodilyAutonomy
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
“Gender equality cannot be achieved without engaging men and boys.”
@unfpachief delivered video remarks at Namibia’s Engaging Men and Boys Symposium today, calling for men & boys to be active partners in advancing #genderequality & ending violence. 🇳🇦
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
Did you know?
According to #EDHS2025, around 35% of married women in #Ethiopia use a modern contraceptive method.
And access is far from even, from just 2% in Somali region to 56% in Sidama.
Closing that gap is the next chapter of progress. #WorldContraceptionDay
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
Africa’s greatest asset is its young people.
Their wellbeing can not wait.
At #AHTS2026, @umubyeyi_rw & UNFPA🇷🇼 bring health, education, technology and youth voices together to explore smarter systems built around adolescents’ real lives.
📅 1 Oct | 3:30–4:30 PM
📍 KCC, MH2 A
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
Delighted to meet Prime Minister H.E. @SuminwaJudith at an important moment for the #DRC and its engagement on the international stage.
@UNFPA is committed to supporting the Government in delivering a modern, inclusive and high-quality census across 🇨🇩
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
A milestone for #sustainabledevelopment in #ESA. Four governments have stepped up, committing $292M of their own resources to advance the health & rights of women & girls.
The future of reproductive health is being built from within.
#healthsystems #reproductiverights
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲́𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ➋⓿➋➏
A 21 ans, Françoise est mère de trois enfants. Pourtant son souhait est de planifier ses prochaines naissances alors que l'accès à la contraception n'est pas garanti.
En RDC, l’accès à la contraception peut changer des vies. Avec l’appui @FCDOGovUK, @UNFPA renforce l’accès à la planification familiale.
#JournéeMondialeDeLaContraception #PlanificationFamiliale
@Presidence_RDC @FondationLONA @DeniseNyakeru @MinSanteRDC @GenreRDC @PlanRdc @jeunesseEP_RDC @UKinDRC @NorwayInDRC @SwedeninDRCongo @CanadaDRC @UEenRDC @BM_Afrique @Japon_RDCongo @italyindrc @eu_echo
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
Muhindo was a child soldier in the #DRCongo.
But after training in peacebuilding, supported by @UNFPA, he now helps thousands of young people turn away from violence.
On the #InternationalDayOfPeace, read his inspiring story: unf.pa/ctv
#ActNowForPeace
ALT A close-up photo of a man, Muhindo Kamate, standing in the middle of a crowd and speaking into a megaphone which he holds to his mouth. A quote from him in overlaid text reads “When a young person has a dream, they lay down their arms just like I did.” The UNFPA logo is in the bottom right corner.
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
🎥 @unfpachief joined youth peace advocates for a @SDGMediaZone Peace Circle for a conversation on what peace means to them.
At @UNFPA, we are committed to unite, listen to one another and choose dialogue over division.
#ActNowForPeace #UNGA
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
Somewhere between the last paved road & the nearest village, this van is a lifeline for women and girls.
Care showing up where it is needed most.
We're proud to back care with @JapanGov @GatesAfrica. 🚐💙
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
A high-energy week in #NewYork but hope carries us forward ⬇️
🌍 What gives you hope for humanity?
🎥 @unfpachief joins the @UN to answer this question in 8.1 seconds. Watch to find out!
#UNGA81
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
3 Days to #WCD2026!
For many people in Malawi, family planning begins in the community
Community-Based Distribution Agents bring trusted information, counselling & contraceptive services closer to where people live, helping communities overcome myths and make informed choices
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
The UN General Assembly brings the world together in NY for a key moment in global diplomacy.
With global challenges increasingly interconnected, #UNGA is a vital chance to find common ground, strengthen cooperation & advance solutions for the future.
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Lydia Zigomo retweeted
Stronger partnerships for a healthier East Africa: The #EAC (@jumuiya) and the #UN agencies of #2gether4SRHR have agreed to build a partnership framework that will advance health and development priorities across the region.
👉 Learn more unf.pa/4xyEhCe
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
🍃 As development financing comes under increasing pressure globally, stronger partnerships and better coordination are critical to sustaining development gains.
🔹The EAC today reaffirmed its commitment to deepening collaboration with four UN agencies: UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO.
☘️ A delegation comprising the UNFPA Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, @LZigomo, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, @ProfJanabi, the UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, @EvaUNICEF, and the UNAIDS Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, @Medhin_Tsehaiu, paid a joint courtesy call on the EAC Secretary General, Amb. Stephen P. Mbundi, at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha.
🔹 The discussions focused on establishing a strategic partnership framework to bring greater alignment to EAC–UN collaboration through joint planning and coordinated action.
🔹 The framework will build on the agencies’ existing work with the EAC and Partner States across various interconnected priorities, including health and education.
🔹 It will also strengthen the sharing of evidence and effective approaches across Partner States, support more coordinated technical assistance and help ensure available resources deliver greater impact.
@UNFPA_ESARO
@WHOAFRO @UNICEFAfrica @UNAIDS_ESA
Lydia Zigomo retweeted
The next phase of #2gether4SRHR is about building systems that sustain progress.
The EAC and UN are working towards a partnership advancing SRHR, RMNCAH and HIV through regional integration, including pooled procurement and local production of health commodities.
