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Making the Connection: Building on the Synergies Between Women’s and Children’s Rights
Cameroon
NEW YORK — Though the rights of children and mothers are inextricably linked, in our compartmentalized world, the rights of women and those of children have often been promoted in isolation from one another.
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Two Districts in Northern Ethiopia Declare an End to Female Genital Cutting
Ethiopia
<p>AFAR, Ethiopia — An official declaration marking the abandonment of female genital cutting was issued recently in the Amibara and the Awash-Fentale districts of Ethiopia’s Afar Region.</p>
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Facing the New Challenges of an Ageing World
What happens when there are no longer enough young people to pay for the demands on a country’s social security system as the ranks of the elderly grow?
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Congo/Women Projected on Façade of Nobel Peace Centre
Norway
OSLO — No woman should die giving life, yet almost 800 women die every day from pregnancy-related causes, 99 per cent of them in developing countries.
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New Jobs and Livelihoods Get Fistula Survivors on their Feet
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC/ LIBERIA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO --- It takes more than an operation to get fistula survivors on their feet. First there’s a recovery period, two weeks on average, so that the patients can heal after surgery.
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New Executive Director Makes First Official Visit to Nordic Countries
Finland
<p class="paddedContent">STOCKHOLM/ COPENHAGEN/OSLO <b>---</b> Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the new Executive Director of UNFPA, is making his first official visits to Sweden, Denmark, Norway…
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Africa Shows Signs of Winning War against Female Fenital Mutilation/cutting
Senegal
<p>In Africa, if you play music in an open space, any music, then people will generally come. "It is the way to reach people, to bring them together." So says Sister Fa, a Senegalese urban soul and hip-…
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Artists Voice their Support to Improved Maternal Health in Tanzania
Tanzania, United Republic of
DAR ES SALAM, Tanzania — UNFPA along with MDGFive.com, a network of global artists, have brought together a group of renowned American and Tanzanian artists to use music and songs in raising awareness of the maternal…
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Bringing Health Care to Displaced Women in Cote D'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire — In the aftermath of post-election violence here, almost 18 thousand people -- 70 per cent of them women, children and older persons – have been temporarily re-settled in the Western part of the…
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UN Agency Executive Boards Spotlight Equity and Development
<p>NEW YORK — At a joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNICEF and four other UN agencies, Executive Director Anthony Lake this morning called for a global commitment to reaching the poorest and most…
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Building Momentum for Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Uganda
Female genital mutilation/cutting has been illegal in Senegal since 1999. But that didn’t stop Dialyma Cisse‘s paternal grandmother from having her cut, against the wishes of the young girl and her parents.
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Giving Priority to the Needs of Young People in Egypt – and Elsewhere
Egypt
In recent days, young people in Egypt have been sending a clear message not only to the Egyptian authorities but to the entire international community that they are catalysts for change.
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