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On 100th International Women’s Day, UNFPA Promotes Campaign to Put Contraceptive Choices in 100 Million Women’s Hands
08 March 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the new Executive Director of UNFPA, has urged the international community to take a giant leap towards universal access to reproductive health, including family planning, by supporting a campaign to put contraceptive choices in 100 million women’s hands.</p>
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UNFPA Joins Women Deliver in Saluting 100 Individuals Making a Difference for Girls and Women
08 March 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA today welcomed the announcement by Women Deliver of the names of the top one hundred people advancing the causes and rights of girls and women. The list of honorees includes a number of partners and supporters of UNFPA, including two of its former Executive Directors. </p>
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UNFPA Tackles Urgent Health Needs of Refugees Fleeing Libya
03 March 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York — UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is tackling the health needs of the thousands of people fleeing the reported violence in Libya, including women and girls—particularly along the Libyan-Tunisian border, where conditions have reached crisis point.</p>
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UNFPA Disavows Involvement in Arab Media Campaign
10 February 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA had no involvement in the selection of women to be profiled in the 'White Hand Campaign' of the Arab Producers’ Union for TV, even though its logo appears on the campaign’s website.</p>
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Over 6,000 Communities Across Africa Abandon Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
06 February 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—Over 6,000 communities have chosen to abandon the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), according to a joint United Nations programme designed to eliminate this practice, and the number is growing. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <br/> </span> </p>
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UNFPA’s New Leader Focuses on a World of Seven Billion and Young People
01 February 2011
UNITED NATIONS, New York—Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the new Executive Director of UNFPA, today put forth his vision as the Fund’s leader, focusing on the challenges of a world population of 7 billion and the needs of the largest generation of young people.
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UN Continues to Support Flood-stricken People in Sri Lanka
18 January 2011
<p>COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The United Nations continues to support the Government of Sri Lanka to help over a million flood-affected people.</p>
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UNFPA Calls for Renewed Efforts to Support Women and Youth in Haiti
12 January 2011
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York - One year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, UNFPA calls for increased support for women and young people in the country’s recovery and reconstruction efforts.</p>
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UNFPA Welcomes Extension of ICPD Programme of Action Beyond 2014
22 December 2010
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today welcomed a decision by the United Nations General Assembly to extend the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014.</p>
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New UNFPA—Millennium Villages Project Partnership To Help Improve Maternal Health in Africa
13 December 2010
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA and the Millennium Villages Project announced an agreement today to promote universal access to reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa in order to protect the lives of young mothers.</p>
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Midwives Essential to Fistula Prevention, International Experts Emphasize
10 December 2010
<p>DAKAR, Senegal—Midwives play a leading role in efforts to prevent obstetric fistula, and governments must support them so they can attend all childbirths, help identify existing fistula cases and support referral for treatment of the devastating childbirth injury.</p>
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Asia, Pacific Experts Call for Universal Access to Family Planning
10 December 2010
<p>BANGKOK—While progress has been made in providing family planning services in Asia and the Pacific, a significant number of countries still lag behind, concluded more than 150 experts from the region at the end of a meeting here today.</p>
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