UNFPA Representative Meets with Hajja Governor.

Hajja October 29, 2007

A part of his field visit to Yemeni governorates chosen in coordination and consultation with the Yemeni government for UNFPA's New Country Programme Cycle 2007/2011, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative, Mr. Hans Obdeijn, visited Hajja governorate where he met with Mr.Ahmed Mujawar, the Hajja governor. The UNFPA framework and its working mechanism in the current period was presented and discussed in the meeting. The meeting also tackled choosing two districts from the governorate to start immediate activities. The discussions concluded with the preliminary choice of the Harad and Al-Mahabisha districts for UNFPA assistance in the governorate.

During the meeting, Mr.Mugwar mentioned challenges that face development in Hajja governorate, such as those related to geographical variations, road difficulties, and the population density of 1.5 million distributed throughout 21 districts. The discussion also included the importance of decentralization efforts during the coming period, based on Yemeni government trends and decisions, declared previously, to offer all necessary facilities for project implementation to partners in the governorate and other concerned places.

The meeting concluded with common understandings that reproductive health and family planning are key to addressing population issues in Yemen, and that empowering women and supporting their work prospects and their access to health services, especially in rural and remote areas, are also important factors for success.

The meeting was attended by the two Deputies of the governorate and the Director General of the Health Office. Obdeijn also met with key partners in the governorate from the offices of Health, Planning, Youth and Sports, Education, and Endowment and Guidance, in addition to NGOs. The visit to Hajja was one of  series of visits made by the UNFPA representative to other Yemeni governorates (Hodiedha, Aden, Hadramoute, Ebb, Al-Mahweet, and Hajja) chosen for the new Country Programme with its three components: Reproductive Health, Population Development, and Gender.

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