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'Son preference' Perpetuates Discrimination and Violations of Women’s Rights: UN Agencies
14 June 2011
GENEVA — Gender-biased sex selection reflects and fuels a culture of discrimination and violence, and must be addressed urgently by all segments of government and society as a matter of women’s human rights, five UN agencies have stressed.
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UNFPA Joins Forces with IBM in Setting up 7 Billion Actions Campaign Platform
14 June 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—IBM is partnering with UNFPA in promoting its efforts to highlight the challenges and opportunities facing a world of seven billion people—a milestone expected to be reached by the end of October.</p>
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Curb Violence against Women, Girls While Preventing AIDS, Says UNFPA
09 June 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York— Stronger action must be taken to change harmful gender norms and practices and to integrate the prevention of gender-based violence into anti-HIV efforts, said Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA.</p>
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New Commitments to Save Women and Children
20 May 2011
<p>GENEVA—Today, 16 countries announced new commitments to dramatically reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality, as part of the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health.</p>
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LDC Summit Adopts Consensus Istanbul Programme with Population, Youth, Women among Nations’ Action Priorities
13 May 2011
<p>ISTANBUL—The Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries ended today after adopting the Istanbul Programme of Action which lists population, youth development, gender equality and women’s empowerment among LDCs’ priority action areas. The summit also adopted a political declaration.</p>
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UNFPA Urges Countries to Invest In Youth, a ‘Powerful Force for Progress’
12 May 2011
<p>ISTANBUL—Least Developed Countries should seize the unique opportunity of having a large number of young people. Investing in them will speed up their economic growth and help them meet development priorities, such as the Millennium Development Goals, UNFPA’s Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, said today at the LDC Summit in Istanbul.</p>
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UNFPA Paves Way for New UN City in Istanbul
11 May 2011
<p>ISTANBUL --- Straddling both Europe and Asia, Türkiye has connections “across the region and across the world,” said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin during the opening ceremony of the first Regional Office of the United Nations system in Istanbul.</p>
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Invest in Youth, Women, Reproductive Health to Reduce Poverty, Enhance Productive Capacity, Says New UN Report
10 May 2011
<p>ISTANBUL—Investments in young people, women’s empowerment and reproductive health, including family planning, are critical to boosting least developed countries’ productive capacity and speeding their escape from poverty, according to a new report by UNFPA.</p>
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World Population to Reach 7 Billion on 31 October
03 May 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—World population is projected to reach 7 billion on 31 October 2011, according to the 2010 Revision of World Population Prospects, which was released today.</p>
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Dr. Osotimehin Embarks on First Mission to Programme Countries as UNFPA Executive Director
21 March 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the new Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will tomorrow start a three-country mission to Africa—his first visit to developing countries since he assumed his new position in January 2011.</p>
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin on Japanese Earthquakes and Tsunami
16 March 2011
<p>United Nations, New York — On behalf of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, I express our deepest sympathy to the people and Government of Japan following the catastrophic earthquakes and tsunami.</p>
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Iranian Demographer, African Research Institution, Win 2011 United Nations Population Award
09 March 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York — An Iranian demographer, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, and an African research institution, L’Institut de Formation et de Recherche Démographique (IFORD), were announced today as winners of the 2011 United Nations Population Award.</p>
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