Le bureau de l’UNFPA, Fond des Nations Unies pour la Population Tunis, recrute un(e) consultant(e) national(e), pour appuyer la conduite d’une étude de faisabilité sur les relais institutionnels de «La maison de halte Beity pour femmes errantes et sans domicile».

Le bureau de l’UNFPA, Fond des Nations Unies pour la Population Tunis, recrute un(e) consultant(e) national(e), chef de projet pour la conduite d’une étude de faisabilité sur les relais institutionnels de « La maison de halte Beity pour femmes errantes et sans domicile ».

Investing in Midwifery Pays

On this International Day of the Midwife, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund and ICM, the International Confederation of Midwives, commend the important work of midwives in promoting good health and making pregnancies and childbirths safe.

The right to health is a basic human right that every woman should enjoy. Yet, every day, almost 1000 women die in pregnancy and childbirth. Every year, 8 million women suffer serious pregnancy-related illnesses and disabilities, such as obstetric fistula, and 2 million babies don’t survive the first 24 hours of their lives. One of the main causes for these tragedies is lack of access to maternity services, including the care of midwives or others with midwifery skills at childbirth.

Today, on International Women’s Day, UNFPA renews its commitment to gender equality and human rights and dignity.
Many rural women have limited autonomy and low status, which puts them at increased risk of hunger, gender-based violence and other human rights violations. Advancing rural women’s political, social and economic status are vital ends in themselves as well as critical strategies to eradicate poverty, promote women’s rights and pave the way for sustainable development.
Improving access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights is essential for rural women’s empowerment and ability to earn an income and feed themselves and their family. When women can make free and informed choices in all spheres of life, including marriage and number and spacing of their children, they can reach their full potential and further contribute to the development of their communities and nations.