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World Marks International Day to End Obstetric Fistula on May 23, 2025.

Important Days | Dated: 25 May 2025

The United Nations (UN) observes the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula every year on May 23 to raise global awareness about obstetric fistula—a preventable and treatable childbirth-related injury that severely impacts the health and dignity of women and their babies.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - The theme for 2025 is: "Her Health, Her Right: Shaping a Future Without Fistula", emphasizing the need to empower women with access to quality healthcare and uphold their reproductive rights.
  • - The day was established by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) through resolution A/RES/67/147, adopted on 20 December 2012.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) The resolution outlined major contributing factors such as poverty, malnutrition, limited healthcare access, early childbirth, child marriage, gender-based violence, and gender inequality, identifying poverty as the greatest risk factor.
  • (ii) The first observance of this day took place on May 23, 2013.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Recently, on which date was the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula 2025 observed?

Correct Answer: May 23

🚀 Quick Recap:

About United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

  • Executive Director: Dr. Natalia Kanem
  • Headquarters: New York