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Financial support for women's health: UNFPA and Charité present new “WomenX Collective” programme in Berlin
15 October 2024
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, launched its new “WomenX Collective” programme at the World Health Summit in Berlin on October 15.
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Governments and Philanthropies Commit Approximately US$350 Million, Giving Urgent Boost to Family Planning and Sexual and Reproductive Health Supplies and Services Worldwide
24 September 2024
Governments and Philanthropies Commit Approximately US$350 Million, Giving Urgent Boost to Family Planning and Sexual and Reproductive Health Supplies and Services Worldwide.
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Domestic violence in sub-Saharan Africa will triple by 2060 due to extreme heat epidemic and stalling development, new UNFPA research finds
05 September 2024
New York, 5 September 2024 – Tens of millions of women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa will experience catastrophic levels of intimate partner violence because the world is failing to make progress on the climate crisis, according to new projections by UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency.
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UNFPA announces winners of cutting-edge climate change research awards
03 September 2024
New York, August 2024 - UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, in collaboration with academic partners, is pleased to announce the six winners of a groundbreaking initiative to research the impact of the climate crisis on women and girls and unlock innovative solutions that protect their sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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H.E. Dr. Haifa Abu Ghazaleh of Jordan, and the National Alliance to End Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage in Ethiopia receive the 2024 United Nations Population Award
11 July 2024
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 11 July 2024 – The laureates of the 2024 United Nations Population Award are H.E. Dr. Haifa Abu Ghazaleh, in the individual category and the National Alliance to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Child Marriage in Ethiopia in the institution category.
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UNFPA launches research challenge to ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights inform global climate solutions
25 June 2024
New York, 25 June 2024 - UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, in collaboration with academic partners, is pleased to announce the launch of Climate Change XX: Women’s Health in Focus. This new initiative aims to support young female researchers in addressing the intersection of climate change and women’s health, with a special emphasis on sexual and reproductive health (SRH), gender equity, and inclusion, to ultimately feed into global climate solutions.
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Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark announced as Patron of UNFPA
31 May 2024
The Royal House of Denmark has announced that Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark will engage as Patron of UNFPA, The United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.
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UNFPA Launches World’s First Initiative to Include Reproductive Health in ESG Standards
30 May 2024
First-of-its kind metrics to track progress on key social issues in the workplace including maternity leave, fertility treatments, sexual harassment protocols
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Climate emergency threatens 41 million people, their livelihoods and health care in low-elevation coastal areas in Latin America and Caribbean
28 May 2024
Tens of millions of people living in low-elevation coastal areas in Latin America and the Caribbean are facing the consequences of extreme weather events that threaten their lives and livelihoods and the hospitals they depend on.
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UNFPA's Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity reaffirms the need for hard-fought rights to be upheld despite emerging global trends
15 May 2024
More than 200 participants are gathering in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 15 and 16 May to discuss how to achieve sustainable and equitable development in a world more demographically diverse than ever before.
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Urgent call for country leadership and global solidarity to End Maternal and Newborn Deaths by 2030
29 April 2024
New York 29 April 2024 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will join global leaders to call for renewed commitment towards progress on eradicating preventable maternal and newborn deaths at a 29 April event during the 57th Session of the Commission on Population and Development.
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New UNFPA report finds 30 years of progress in sexual and reproductive health has mostly ignored the most marginalized communities
16 April 2024
Geneva 17 April 2024 – Sweeping global gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights over the last thirty years are marred by an ugly truth – millions of women and girls have not benefited because of who they are or where they were born, according to the 2024 State of World Population report, released today by UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency.
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