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Traditional Values No Excuse for Human Rights Abuse—UNFPA Leader
Switzerland
UNITED NATIONS, Geneva—“Traditional values cannot be an excuse for violating human rights,” the Executive Director of UNFPA said today.
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Business Leaders Engage in the Millennium Development Challenge
Senegal
UNITED NATIONS — Senior business leaders met yesterday with heads of state, UN agencies and NGOs to strategize on concrete actions business can take to help close the gap on meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
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Four Countries Describe What Is Working in their Countries to Prevent Maternal Death
UNITED NATIONS — As world leaders gather this week in New York for the UN Millennium Development Goal Review Summit, improving maternal health is high on the agenda.
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1.8 Billion Strong: Young People Driving the MDGs
Ghana
“We are 1.8 billion and we are ready to get involved. We are not just resources, we are partners and we are ready to make a significant contribution to the MDGs,” said Samuel Kissi, a youth activist from Ghana.
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Reaching Out to Minorities in Viet Nam with Midwives who Speak their Language
Viet Nam
MA DU VILLAGE, Ninh Thuan Province, Viet Nam – After doing some chores on her small farm, Cha Ma Lea Thi Te puts down her farming equipment, washes her hands thoroughly, picks up a kit that includes supplies for an…
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UN Delegates Encouraged to Give 30 Seconds to Women and Girls
NEW YORK — “Devote 30 seconds of your five-minute high-level speech to women and girls at the UN General Assembly’s Special Session.
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UNFPA Executive Director Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
<p>NEW YORK --- On the eve of the Millennium Development Review Summit, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid received a lifetime achievement award for her work to promote the human rights of women.</p…
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Artists and Activists Unite to Improve Maternal Health at MDGFive.com
NEW YORK — Artists and activists are lending their voices to the global chorus to improve maternal health through a new interactive website and online community. The new initiative, MDGFive.com, which was launched in…
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New Reports Call Attention to Wide and Widening Disparities in Reproductive Health
NEW YORK —- Progress in improving access to reproductive health, as called for by Target 5.B of the Millennium Development Goals, has slowed dramatically, according to two new UNFPA reports.
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India Steps Up to the MDG 5 Challenge
India
When 20-year-old Hukam Kawar was brought for delivery to a primary health centre in Bhilwara District of Rajasthan, her husband Chan Singh was not sure whether his wife and child would survive.
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Stories and Strategies Behind Recent Reductions in Maternal Mortality
It took 30-year-old Zemzem 20 hours to get from her rural village in Ethiopia to the nearest hospital for the delivery of her fifth child. By the time she arrived, her uterus had ruptured.
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Life on the Edge: A Closer Look at the MDGs through the Lens of Young People
NEW YORK — On paper, the Millennium Development Goals form a neat and orderly roadmap of development priorities. How these priorities match up with the complicated lives of young people struggling to find their way in…
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