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Enforce Laws To Free Women From Slavery, Violence, Says UNFPA Deputy Executive Director
Bangladesh
<p>Ministers and parliamentarians should enforce existing laws, to kick gender violence out of homes, communities and nations, UNFPA's Deputy Executive Director (Management), Imelda Henkin, has urged.</p…
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The Santa Maria/Sal Commitment
South Africa
We the African Women Ministers and Parliamentarians representing 40 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, meeting in Santa Maria/ SAL, Cape Verde, between 15-18 October 2002 for the Fifth Regional Conference of African Women…
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How Do You Talk To Youth About The Facts Of Life, How Do You Start The Conversation?
Nigeria
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, helped launch a booklet to guide communications between parents and youth on sensitive matters in order to save adolescents’ lives by avoiding problems such as HIV/AIDS.
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Human Rights Promoted in India with Classical Dance and Poetry
India
Early in February, the India office of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, organized an event in Delhi to explore reproductive rights, including the rights of women.
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World Should Rejoice Girls' Births The Way It Celebrates Boys', Says UNFPA Executive Director
Sierra Leone
<p class="bodytext"> <b>NEW YORK</b> - The Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, has urged all nations to intensify their efforts to improve…
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Experts Document Devastating Impact of War on Women
“Women’s bodies have become a battleground over which opposing forces struggle,” says a new report about women in conflict.
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Experts Plan Reproductive Health Response as HIV/AIDS Compounds Food Crisis in Southern Africa
South Africa
CAPE TOWN - When erratic weather in Southern Africa precipitated food shortages last year, they were initially blamed entirely on drought and, in some cases, misguided policies.
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Executive Board Approves 23 UNFPA Programmes, Members Express Strong Support for Fund
<p>The Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund approved 23 programmes on Tuesday, 21 January.</p>
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Congolese Military and Police Launch New War - Against AIDS
Democratic Republic of the Congo
KINSHASA -- Even as it prepares to implement a peace accord signed earlier this week to end Africa's widest war, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is mobilizing its troops to combat an enemy potentially…
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Lawmakers to Meet in Ottawa to Promote Reproductive Health and Rights
Canada
OTTAWA - Over 130 parliamentarians from all over the world will gather in Ottawa, Canada, this week to identify actions they can take to promote reproductive rights and expand access to reproductive health care (…
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Response to Southern African Food Crisis Must Include Safe Motherhood and HIV/AIDS Prevention, UN Population Fund Urges
Malawi
Katibula, Mchinji District, Malawi -In this village at the centre of Southern Africa's "perfect storm", where hunger, poverty and AIDS reinforce each other like elements of a gathering hurricane, the…
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The Power of One Idea and One Dollar
When Jane Roberts of Redlands, California, sat down at her computer to express her outrage at the United States decision to withdraw $34 million from UNFPA, she had no idea that a campaign had been born.
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