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Midwives on the front lines working to reverse Afghanistan’s high maternal death rate
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SHAHRISTAN, Afghanistan – “It was midnight on 6 August when there was a loud knocking at my front door. My husband answered. Standing in the dark was a person asking for my help – a baby was being born,” Shirin described to UNFPA. It was the start...
Trusting statistics to tell the story
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Statistics Day  
Funding shortfall, lack of protection for four million women and girls further destabilizes Central Sahel
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Rising violence in the Central Sahel region has created a protection crisis for women and girls, who face fear and trauma in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Of the 13.4 million people who need humanitarian assistance, three million are women and...
Trusting statistics to tell the story
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Statistics Day  
United Kingdom commits £425 million to family planning, preventing millions of unintended pregnancies and hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide
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Top 5 things you didn’t know about female genital mutilation
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UNITED NATIONS, New York – Too often, the first message a girl receives about her body is that it is imperfect – too fat or too thin, too dark or too freckled. But for some girls, the message is that, to be accepted by the wider community, their...
Let’s listen to girls and uphold their rights
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  Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Girl   It is every girl’s right to speak and to be heard.  
Jobs
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Día Internacional de la Niña
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En 2011, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas adoptó una resolución que adoptó el 11 de octubre como Día Internacional de la Niña, reconociendo los derechos de las niñas y los desafíos únicos que enfrentan las niñas en todo el mundo para...
Against the odds, delivering mental health support in Yemen
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SANA’A, Yemen – Years of war, poverty and gender-based violence have taken a serious toll on the mental health of many women and girls in Yemen. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic hardships have only aggravated their situation. Marwa*...
16th Rafael M. Salas Memorial Lecture
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The Rafael M. Salas Memorial Lecture series provides a unique forum for distinguished guest lecturers to discuss important aspects of population and development. This year’s lecture will be delivered by Mark Malloch Brown, former United Nations...
Progress towards gender equality at risk, say leaders at 25th anniversary of Beijing women’s conference
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UNITED NATIONS, New York – Yesterday, leaders at the United Nations commemorated the 25th anniversary of the historic Fourth World Conference on Women, when more than 30,000 activists and advocates convened in China to adopt a comprehensive agenda...
El Salvador begins telemedicine for pregnant women, new mothers and other priority groups
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – In a bid to control the COVID-19 pandemic, El Salvador has enacted strict lockdown measures. Still, the pandemic is taking a serious toll, with more than 27,000 cases of the disease confirmed by mid-September. Related...
4D - Government-Government Policy Dialogues on Demographic Diversity and Dividends
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4D - Dialogues des acteurs politiques des gouvernements sur la diversité démographique et dividendes
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