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UNFPA Global

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

We promote gender equality and empower women, girls and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services, with the goal of ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage female genital mutilation by 2030.

Our moto is "Ensuring rights and choices for all"

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UNFPA in CO

UNFPA works in more than 150 countries and territories that are home to the vast majority of the world’s people. Its mission: to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

UNFPA in CO

Leadership

Head Of Office

Head Of Office

Margaret Thwala-Tembe

Ms. Margaret Thwala-Tembe first joined UNFPA as an  SRH Programme Specialist in 2006. She briefly left the organisation and later rejoined UNFPA in 2014 as the Assistant Representative. In 2018 she assumed the role of Officer in Charge, where she is responsible for the daily management of the country office. Prior to joining UNFPA, she served as Senior Lecturer at the Southern Africa University for more than 5 years before joining the NGO world where she headed the counseling programme at SWAGAA. She has also worked at  Yonge Nawe an Environmental NGO to initiate a programme on the link between health and environment. Ms. Margaret Thwala-Tembe holds Bachelor of Science degree with Community Nursing and Midwifery from University of Zambia, and  a Master of Science Degree in Nursing Education and Transcultural studies obtained from the University of Wales Cardiff in the United Kingdom. You may contact her at thwala-tembe@unfpa.org.
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