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Films and Music with a Purpose: 'Edutainment' for Young People in Honduras
Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — What's the best way to inform young people about risks and get them to adopt healthy behaviours? Lecturing can be counterproductive, peer pressure can outweigh common sense, and a belief in…
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Helping Vietnamese Youth Protect Themselves against HIV
Viet Nam
<p>Pham Xuan Tung talks eagerly and takes notes for his group during a biology lesson on HIV transmission and the replication of the virus in blood cells.</p>
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Princess Basma Marks World Population Day
Jordan
AMMAN, Jordan — Data are powerful inputs to help promote development, provided they are based on careful and in-depth analysis, Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Talal said during a ceremony marking World…
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The Vienna YouthForce Pre-Conference Begins Today
Today the Vienna YouthForce begins its three-day pre-conference, an event open to young people attending the 18th International AIDS Conference.
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Research Project during the World Cup Gathers Data on Sex Workers and HIV
South Africa
<p>As part of the UN South Africa Programme of Support to the FIFA 2010 World Cup, UNFPA and SWEAT (Sex Worker Education & Advocacy Taskforce) partnered with South African researchers to investigate key…
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Coping with the Aftermath of Civil Unrest in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
OSH and JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan — To the left and to the right, you see 26 houses completely burned to the ground, without a roof or walls - just a hollow, empty proof that a family used to live here.
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When Girls Don’t Count as Much as Boys: Pre-natal Sex Selection in Viet Nam
Viet Nam
YEN HA VILLAGE, Viet Nam — May 19 was a special day for Thuy and her husband Nghe. Their son was one month old and, as dictated by Vietnamese tradition, they invited their relatives for a party. It was a big reunion,…
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Documenting Progress in Securing the Supply of Reproductive Health Commodities
Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Representatives from UNFPA offices in Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Laos, Madagascar, Mali, Nicaragua, Niger and Sierra Leone met here last week with colleagues from headquarters and the procurement…
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Empowering Women to Protect Themselves: Promoting the Female Condom in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
NEW YORK — When AIDS first struck in the 1980s, it mainly affected men. Today, women account for about half of the 33 million people living with HIV worldwide, and 60 per cent of those infected in sub-Saharan Africa.
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New Radio Series Captures Voices of the Next Generation
NEW YORK — Being 15 years old – no longer a child but not quite an adult – is a challenge for girls everywhere.
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UN Officials Debate the Role of Culture in Women's Empowerment
United Kingdom
<p>UNITED NATIONS — The role of culture in promoting the empowerment of women and upholding human rights was hotly debated today by senior United Nations officials, activists and academics as the UN Economic and…
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Taking Stock: UNFPA Annual Report 2009
As UNFPA’s Executive Board was setting the course for 2010 and beyond, it took time to review the many accomplishments of 2009.
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