Gillian Butts-Garnet

Today's #CanadaDay2025, we dedicate the incredible stories of midwives and nurses in South Sudan, working to save lives in the face of difficulties. Canada's generous support to @UNFPA programs enables responding to the critical needs of women and girls #SouthSudan 🙏 Canada

Undersecretary chaired the joint @MoHsouthsudan @UNFPA & #Canada Project Steering Committee meeting for "Human Resource for SRH & GBV" project to assess progress Canada's support for SRH & GBV programs enables respond to the needs of women and girls in the face of difficulties.

Around 300,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Borno State, #Nigeria. @UNFPA is on the ground distributing hygiene items and ensuring that the reproductive health and protection needs of women and girls are prioritised.

It's happening now @UNFPASouthSudan country office Semi-annual program review Meeting with the 4th @SouthSudanGov program 2023-2025executed thru Implementation partnership with both Gov & NGOs partners

𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 #𝐒𝐑𝐇𝐑 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞 Our guests & beneficiaries from Munuki, are sharing their personal journeys of empowerment through SRHR education. Hear about the impact of #SRHR in communities. Missed it? Catch the replay on the last post

🌍 Climate change could nearly triple intimate partner violence (IPV) in sub-Saharan Africa by 2060—from 48 million cases in 2015 to 140 million if emissions remain unchecked. #ClimateAction #EndGBV

@UNFPASouthSudan @UNFPA @MasaleSarah @SwedeninSD @SwedenUN @tomasbrundin @LZigomo @UNFPA_ESARO @MaureenHirwa Thank you @SweMFA @AfricaSweMFA #SouthSudan made strides in women and girls empowerment because of your contribution in the last 18 years

We bid farewell to the Swedish Cooperation office, closing after 18 years in Juba, South Sudan Sweden's commitment and significant contribution to @UNFPA 🇸🇸 Country Program to advancing SRHR has been the hallmark of their long-term partnership. #PartnersAtCore

#ESARFS2024 Today was the first day of a week-long UNFPA Financing Learning Symposium for East and Southern Africa (ESA). It's a packed week discussing all things sustainable financing.@lindakabwila @UNFPA_ESARO

Exciting times ahead. @UNFPA symposium in #Nairobi, we're diving deep into the transition from funding to financing for sustainable development. Empowering our teams in #EastAndSouthernAfrica to harness public, private, and innovative finance. #GlobalGoals

#SweinSouthSudan @CanSouthSudan @NorwayinSSudan & @UNFPA had an impactful visit in #Wau to witness #UNFPA🇸🇸 & partners' interventions to women & girls' #SRH needs 🙏#PartnersAtCore for your support in saving the lives of Women & Girls in 🇸🇸 #Partnership4Development #GlobalGoals

Access to safe and dignified menstruation is a fundamental need and a human right. Read the full story on how @UNFPA🇸🇸 & partners are helping reach the furthest left behind in cattle camps. 👉shar.es/aggmaX #Musharaka4Tanmiya

Ending 2023, a big thank you to our #PartnersAtCore Together, we continue to save lives & make a difference to the lives of millions of women & girls across #SouthSudan & achieve #GlobalGoals Shukran 🙏 @CanSouthSudan @SweinSouthSudan @NorwayinSSudan @UNCERF @eu_echo @WorldBank

Delighted to meet with Hon. @kaminajsmith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of 🇯🇲, a longstanding partner of @UNFPA. We discussed #SRHR, #GBV, and population dynamics and opportunities to deepen our collaboration in line with Jamaica’s Vision 2030 National Development Plan.

#UNFPA 🇸🇸 works in partnership with young people, national, & international organizations to amplify their voices. #UNFPA🇸🇸 assists in identifying and implementing programs to secure the health, development, and SRHR needs of adolescents and youth. #Musharaka4Tanmiya

#UNFPA🇸🇸 and partners are committed to making sure that all efforts to address gender-based violence (GBV) are inclusive of and accessible to women and girls with disabilities, ensuring that transformative goals are met and that no one is left behind #Musharaka4Tanmiya #3Zeros

#UNFPA🇸🇸 is pleased to host Michael Rymek, Head of Cooperation & Ms. Niamh Second Secretary @canadainsouthsudan. @canadainsouthsudan is a key donor to UNFPA🇸🇸 🙏 #Musharaka4Tanmiya

Afrodescendent women have never given up the quest for equality, justice and recognition. On the Int'l Day for People of #AfricanDescent, let's renew the call to promote and protect the human rights of Afrodescendent people. #Standup4HumanRights unfpa.org/events/interna…

It was a pleasure to meet with the Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, during my visit to the country. I commended him for his government’s key role in championing population issues and advancing the ICPD agenda in the Caribbean and beyond.