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UNFPA Opens New Liaison Office in the Republic of Korea
13 February 2019
SEOUL, Republic of Korea—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is strengthening its longstanding relationship with the Republic of Korea by opening a liaison office in Seoul. The new office, opened during an official ceremony today, will facilitate even closer cooperation on global population and development matters, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, population ageing and humanitarian response.
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The Nairobi Summit to Advance the ICPD Programme of Action
18 January 2019
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 18 January 2019 — The Government of the Republic of Kenya and the United Nations Population Fund today announced the convening of a high-level conference to advance the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action. The Nairobi Summit on ICPD25: Accelerating the promise will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 12-14 November, 2019.
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UNFPA and Cheer Up Luv join forces against sexual harassment on public transport in Sri Lanka
26 November 2018
Ninety per cent of women in Sri Lanka have faced sexual harassment on public transport, according to a recent study commissioned by UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.
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The State of World Population 2018
17 October 2018
The power to choose the number, timing and spacing of children can bolster economic and social development, new UNFPA report shows.
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European Union supports reproductive health and protection services for women and girls in Yemen with funding to UNFPA
19 September 2018
Sana’a – The European Union has provided UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, with EUR 2 million to provide urgent life-saving reproductive health and protection services to women and girls in Yemen.
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Allegations against UNFPA staff member are unsubstantiated, independent investigation finds
10 August 2018
UNITED NATIONS, New York—Following allegations of sexual misconduct made by a former employee of a UNFPA contractor in Bihar, India, against the UNFPA Representative in India, the independent…
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Joint statement: UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA and UN Women welcome Sweden's multi-year commitment to core funding
12 June 2018
NEW YORK, 12 June 2018 – UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA and UN Women welcome the Government of Sweden’s decision to enter into multi-year core funding agreements with our agencies. These will enhance our ability to fulfil our mandates and carry out our work with the greatest possible flexibility and predictability.
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Ashley Judd, UNFPA launch fundraising campaign to help Rohingya refugee mothers deliver safely
24 May 2018
UNITED NATIONS, New York--Nearly 700,000 Rohingya refugees currently live in Kutupalong, Bangladesh, in the largest and most densely populated refugee camp in the world. Many are women and girls who have suffered unspeakable trauma and violence on their journey to safety. Among them are more than 64,000 pregnant women who urgently need maternal health care to save them and their babies.
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Urgent need to save women, girls on the front lines
23 April 2018
UNITED NATIONS, New York–The United Nations and the European Union will host a Syrian Crisis Donors Conference in Brussels this week to raise funds to help millions of people affected by the Syria conflict.
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Physician, Two NGOs Win 2018 UN Population Award
29 March 2018
UNITED NATIONS, New York–Sir Prince Ramsey, a family physician from Antigua and Barbuda, was today announced as the individual winner of the 2018 United Nations Population Award. Non-governmental organizations Save a Child's Heart (Israel) and The Guttmacher Institute (United States) were announced as the institutional winners.
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UNFPA Welcomes Dereje Wordofa as New Deputy Executive Director
07 February 2018
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has welcomed the Secretary General’s appointment today of Dereje Wordofa, an Ethiopian, as Deputy Executive Director (Programme).
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Nearly 70 Million Girls Face Genital Mutilation by 2030- UNFPA Warns
05 February 2018
About 68 million girls face female genital mutilation between 2015 and 2030, according to new research by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. The new figures project that the current estimates of 3.9 million girls mutilated each year will rise to 4.6 million by 2030, unless massively scaled-up efforts are taken urgently to prevent that from happening. The increase is due to projected population growth in communities that practice mutilation. More than 200 million women live with female genital mutilation today.
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