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Family Planning Key to Improving Maternal Health, Affirm World Delegates at High-Level Meeting
27 October 2009
<p>ADDIS ABABA — Ending the needless death and suffering of women during pregnancy is one of the greatest moral, human rights and development challenges of our time, agreed more than 150 delegates that met here yesterday. Facing that challenge requires concrete action to protect and fulfill everyone’s right to sexual and reproductive health, they declared.</p>
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Asia Pacific Meeting Reaffirms Commitment to Reproductive and Sexual Health
20 October 2009
<p>BEIJING, China — The effort to ensure that all Asians can access reproductive health services is falling short, despite global agreement that this is essential to meeting other development goals.That was the consensus at a regional forum here involving a wide range of experts, activists and practitioners in the field.</p>
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United Nations Marks Fifteenth Anniversary of ICPD
12 October 2009
<p>UNITED NATIONS — The General Assembly today marked the fifteenth anniversary of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), which adopted a 20-year plan to provide access to reproductive health, reduce maternal deaths, promote women’s rights and help reduce poverty.</p>
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Experts Caution About Rise in Teenage Pregnancies in Latin America
09 October 2009
<p>SANTIAGO, Chile—The teenage fertility rate in Latin America is one of the highest in the world, surpassed only by sub-Saharan Africa. For this reason, teenage motherhood “is a concern and calls for urgent action,” stated experts meeting here.</p>
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UNFPA Responds to Multiple Disasters in Asia and the Pacific
07 October 2009
<p>BANGKOK—Following the recent series of natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is providing humanitarian assistance in affected countries throughout the region.</p>
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Obstetricians Honour UNFPA Head for Her Contributions to Women’s Health
05 October 2009
<p>CAPE TOWN, South Africa — FIGO, the International Federation of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians, has conferred its Recognition Award on Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for her major contributions to women’s health and rights. This is highest honour that FIGO bestows on those who are not gynaecologists or obstetricians.</p>
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New Initiative to Address Sexual Violence Against Girls Launched at Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
25 September 2009
<p>NEW YORK, New York — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, five United Nations organizations and private sector supporters will join together later today via the Clinton Global Initiative in a new approach to address the rights violations and health impacts of sexual violence against girls.</p>
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Forum to Seek Ways to Meet Long-Ignored Sexual, Reproductive Health Needs in Protracted Crises
25 September 2009
<p>UNITED NATIONS <strong>— </strong> A key forum on ways to meet the long-neglected sexual and reproductive health needs of people affected by protracted crises, such as conflicts, will be held from 28 to 30 September in Granada, Spain.</p>
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Asian Governments Pledge to Complete Cairo Reproductive Health Agenda
18 September 2009
<p>BANGKOK— A global action plan linking reproductive health, women’s rights and development remains an urgent priority 15 years after its adoption, Asian and the Pacific governments affirmed today.</p>
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Geri Halliwell Joins Nepal's Prime Minister in Launching Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women
11 September 2009
<p>KATHMANDU, Nepal — Geri Halliwell, a Goodwill Ambassador of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, made an impassioned plea for the protection of women as she joined Nepal’s Prime Minister, Madhav Kumar Nepal, in launching a national campaign to stop violence against women here today.</p>
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New Report Analyses Skewed Birth Ratios in Viet Nam
09 September 2009
HANOI, Viet Nam – Viet Nam has experienced an unusual rapid rise of the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) over the last few years. While in 2000 the SRB was at normal levels and was estimated to be 106.2 male births per 100 female births, it increased to 112.1 in 2008.
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NGO Forum Closing Promises New Action on Women's Health and Rights
09 September 2009
<p>BERLIN, Germany — A global forum held in Berlin put governments and international donors on notice that advocates for women’s health and rights will now be speaking more frankly and pressing more strongly for speedy action, investment and an end to gender-based discrimination.</p>
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