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  • 28 May 2020
  • Statement

STATEMENT ON YEMEN BY PRINCIPALS OF THE INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE

We are increasingly alarmed about the situation in Yemen. COVID-19 is spreading rapidly across the country already experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, driven by an unabated…

STATEMENT ON YEMEN BY PRINCIPALS OF THE INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE

We are increasingly alarmed about the situation in Yemen. COVID-19 is spreading rapidly across the country already…

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  • 23 May 2020
  • Statement

End gender inequality! End health inequities! End fistula now!

We must accelerate efforts if we are to achieve our global ambition of ending fistula by 2030.

End gender inequality! End health inequities! End fistula now!

We must accelerate efforts if we are to achieve our global ambition of ending fistula by 2030.

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  • 20 May 2020
  • Press Release

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND AND PREZI LAUNCH #YOUTHAGAINSTCOVID19 VIDEO CAMPAIGN TO INFORM AND EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE

Prezi, a leading visual communications software company, and UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, have launched a joint COVID-19 awareness campaign to encourage and equip…

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND AND PREZI LAUNCH #YOUTHAGAINSTCOVID19 VIDEO…

Prezi, a leading visual communications software company, and UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency,…

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  • 17 May 2020
  • Statement

Break the silence!

LGBTQI people should not face discrimination nor fear retribution for seeking health care amid the COVID-19 crisis. 

Break the silence!

LGBTQI people should not face discrimination nor fear retribution for seeking health care amid the COVID-19 crisis. 

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  • 13 May 2020
  • Statement

Joint statement on Libya by OCHA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP, WHO, IOM

Conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic present a significant threat to life in Libya. The health and safety of the country’s entire population are at risk. Close to 400,000 Libyans have been displaced…

Joint statement on Libya by OCHA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP, WHO, IOM

Conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic present a significant threat to life in Libya. The health and safety of the country’s entire…

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  • 06 May 2020
  • Press Release

Urgent funding needed to protect health and safety of women and girls in Yemen amidst COVID-19

More than 48,000 women could die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in Yemen, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, due to severe funding shortages and the possible closure of…

Urgent funding needed to protect health and safety of women and girls in Yemen…

More than 48,000 women could die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in Yemen, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis…

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  • 05 May 2020
  • Statement

Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis

Here are 3 ways to say THANK YOU to midwives battling the pandemic in 2020, the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife.

Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis

Here are 3 ways to say THANK YOU to midwives battling the pandemic in 2020, the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife.

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  • 07 Apr 2020
  • Statement

Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Life goes on despite the pandemic; pregnancy and childbirth are no exception.

Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Life goes on despite the pandemic; pregnancy and childbirth are no exception.

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  • 01 Apr 2020
  • Press Release

UNFPA study shows limits on women’s reproductive decision-making worldwide - one quarter of women cannot refuse sex

NEW YORK, USA - Approximately a quarter of women cannot refuse sex or make their own decisions about accessing proper health care, a major international study has found. UNFPA, the United Nations…

UNFPA study shows limits on women’s reproductive decision-making worldwide -…

NEW YORK, USA - Approximately a quarter of women cannot refuse sex or make their own decisions about accessing proper health care…

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