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Advocates Rally UK Support to End Fistula
27 June 2006
<p> <strong>LONDON</strong> — Singer/actress Natalie Imbruglia, Baroness Amos, public health experts, and advertising executives gathered today to build awareness of obstetric fistula, a devastating injury of childbearing that leaves women with agonising pain, chronic incontinence and – in mo</p>
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Brussels Symposium Participants Call for Zero Tolerance of Sexual Violence in War-Affected Countries
23 June 2006
<p align="left" class="bodytext"> <strong>BRUSSELS, Belgium</strong> — Delegates from more than 30 countries called today for urgent action to prevent and respond to sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict areas.</p>
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More Funding Needed to Help Victims of Sexual Violence
22 June 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>BRUSSELS, Belgium</strong> — Doctors and social service providers from countries affected by conflict today called for greater resources to support women and children suffering from sexual violence.</p>
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First International Symposium on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Beyond Opens Today in Brussels
21 June 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>BRUSSELS, Belgium</strong> — More than 250 participants from 30 countries are meeting at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels today for the first major international conference addressing sexual violence in war-affected countries.</p>
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Top Level Push to Tackle Priorities in Sexual and Reproductive Health
20 June 2006
<p align="left" class="bodytext"> <strong>GENEVA</strong> — Leaders of the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, are coordinating action to reverse the global trend of deteriorating levels of sexual and reproductive health and reduce the adverse impact on mothers, babies and young people.</p>
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Media Advisory: International Symposium on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Beyond
16 June 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, Brussels/New York</strong> — The <a href="http://www.unfpa.org/emergencies/symposium06/index.htm">International Symposium on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Beyond</a> will be the first major international assembly dedicated exclusively to the issue of sexual violence among war-affected populations.</p>
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Improved Maternal Health Care Access for Displaced Population in Timor-Leste
15 June 2006
DILI, Timor-Leste</strong> — Pregnant women living in camps around Dili are receiving maternal care services and now have the option of being transferred to the national hospital before delivery, said Hernando Agudelo, the Timor-Leste Representative of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
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In Timor-Leste Camps, UNFPA Helps Pregnant Women Deliver Their Babies Safely
08 June 2006
<p align="left" class="bodytext"> <strong>DILI, Timor-Leste</strong> — Safeguarding the health of an estimated 3,000 pregnant women left homeless by strife in the Timorese capital is a priority for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.</p>
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Media Advisory: United Nations Population Award: Ceremony to Honour Bangladeshi Doctor and Haitian Family Planning Provider
07 June 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — Winners of the United Nations Population Award 2006 will receive their medals this week at an official ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters.</p>
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Prevention Must Be Mainstay of Responses to HIV, World Leaders Reaffirm
07 June 2006
UNITED NATIONS, New York — Twenty-five years into the AIDS pandemic, leaders of the world united here on Friday and adopted a political declaration that commits them to pursuing all necessary efforts to scale up national responses to achieve universal access to comprehensive prevention programmes, treatment, care and support in slightly more than forty months.
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UNFPA Hails Women's Rights Action by Nepali Lawmakers
05 June 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>KATHMANDU, Nepal</strong> — A resolution passed by Nepali legislators last week is a milestone in the advancement of women’s civil and political rights, the Representative of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, said today.</p>
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Women Must Enjoy Control of their Lives, Policies, Budgets to End Feminization of AIDS, Say Leaders at UN Summit
01 June 2006
<p align="left"> <strong>UNITED NATIONS, New York</strong> — To reverse the spread of AIDS, women must have greater control of their bodies, of their lives, as well as of public policies and budgets, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, demanded today.</p>
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