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More Support Needed to Protect 3.7 Million Women and Girls Post-Haiyan
09 December 2013
MANILA, Philippines — One month after Typhoon Haiyan, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, calls on the international community for greater support to meet the needs of 3.7 million women and girls of childbearing age who need special assistance in the aftermath of the disaster.
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UNFPA Launches Arab States Regional Strategy, Boosts Fight Against Gender-Based Violence
02 December 2013
RABAT, Morocco – Participants in the Rabat Forum adopted the UNFPA Regional Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the Arab states Region for 2014-2017. They also recommended the strategy to serve as a roadmap for the fight against all forms of GBV and to be efficiently implemented across the region.
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Medical Teams Start Providing Services for Pregnant Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan
29 November 2013
TACLOBAN, Philippines — Medical teams organized by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, have started delivering reproductive health services to expecting and nursing mothers in evacuation centres for those displaced by Typhoon Haiyan.
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UNFPA Announces Master Plan to Protect Women and Girls in the Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan
23 November 2013
MANILA, Philippines — Two weeks after Typhoon Haiyan caused unprecedented devastation in the Philippines, over 3.2 million women and girls of reproductive age are still in need of urgent care and protection.
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UNFPA Calls for Development Goal on Youth
15 November 2013
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Young people are a vital force that must be front and centre in global development efforts, said Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, announcing UNFPA’s call for a youth centered goal in the Post-2015 development agenda.
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UNFPA Responds to Urgent Maternal Health and Protection Needs of Women in the Philippines
12 November 2013
UNITED NATIONS, New York — Today, UNFPA joined the United Nations system in declaring a level 3 emergency – the highest level of emergency in UN terms – following Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
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World Bank Group, UNFPA, Pledge to Improve Maternal and Reproductive Health of Women and Adolescent Girls in Africa’s Sahel Region
11 November 2013
NIAMEY, Niger—A new regional initiative by the World Bank Group and UNFPA will improve maternal and reproductive health and address issues related to adolescent girls in the Sahel.
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More than 7 Million Girls in Poor Countries Give Birth Before 18 Each Year, Finds New UNFPA Report
30 October 2013
LONDON/UNITED NATIONS, New York — Motherhood in childhood is a huge global problem, especially in developing countries, where every year 7.3 million girls under 18 give birth, according to The State of World Population 2013, released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
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Africa Puts Rights of Women and Youth at Heart of Continent’s Future Development
07 October 2013
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — African governments today issued a strong reaffirmation of their common commitment to prioritizing the needs and rights of women, girls and young people.
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African Ministers Urged to Lead on Issues of Freedom, Equality, Justice and Dignity in Future Development Agenda
03 October 2013
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — As Ministers from across Africa gathered for the opening of the Ministerial Segment of the African Regional Conference on Population and Development, there was a clear acknowledgement that Africa has made considerable progress in the twenty years since the ICPD Programme of Action was adopted and a call for the continent to keep the moving forward.
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Asian and Pacific Countries Adopt Ground-Breaking Agenda on Population, Development and Rights
20 September 2013
BANGKOK, Thailand – A regional ministerial conference of Asian and Pacific governments has issued a strong reaffirmation that gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights are indispensable to sustainable development, and must be a key part of the post-2015 development framework.
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Sixth Asian and Pacific Population Conference to Set Population Agenda for Building Better Lives
16 September 2013
BANGKOK, Thailand (UNESCAP) — More than 400 delegates from 47 countries are in Bangkok this week to attend the Sixth Asian and Pacific Population Conference. They will review population and development challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region, including the unprecedented pace of population ageing, migration, and urbanization and changing household and family structures.
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