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UNFPA Workshop Trains Women's Groups in Dealing with Conflicts
26 November 2002
<p class="bodytext"> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - Underlining the crucial role women can play in rebuilding their war-torn communities, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) organized a five-day workshop to help women's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world to deal with conflict or post-conflict situations.</p>
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Lawmakers from 70 Countries Gather at Canadian Parliament to Promote Reproductive Rights
21 November 2002
<p> <b>OTTAWA</b> - Access to reproductive health care is a matter of life and death, said Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund), today at the opening of an International Parliamentarians' Conference in Ottawa.</p>
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UN Asks for $3 Billion to Address Global Humanitarian Needs in 2003
19 November 2002
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Thoraya Obaid today launched the annual United Nations appeals for humanitarian assistance in New York.</p>
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UNFPA Joins Forces with OPEC Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Arab Region, Central America and the Caribbean
18 November 2002
<p> <b>BRUSSELS</b> - HIV/AIDS prevention efforts in the Arab region, Central America and the Caribbean will be strengthened under a three-year, 13-country initiative launched today by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Vienna, Austria-based OPEC Fund for International Development.</p>
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UNFPA Launches two-year Campaign to Fight Obstetric Fistula in Sub-Saharan Africa
01 November 2002
<p> <b>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia</b>—The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today announced the launch of a two-year campaign to fight obstetric fistula in 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.</p>
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Fight Against HIV/AIDS Should Address Women's and Girl's Specific Needs, African Women Leaders Say
21 October 2002
<p> <b>SAL, Cape Verde</b> —More than 80 women ministers, parliamentarians and other leaders from sub-Saharan Africa met in Cape Verde last week to address the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS on the region's population, particularly its women.</p>
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UNFPA Compiles Largest Socio-Demographic Data in Post-War Burundi
14 October 2002
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has just finished compiling the largest collection of socio-demographic data in Burundi since the beginning of the country's civil war in 1993.</p>
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The Power of One Idea and One Dollar
14 October 2002
<p>When Jane Roberts of Redlands, California, sat down at her computer to express her outrage at the United States decision to withdraw $34 million from UNFPA, she had no idea that a campaign had been born.</p>
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Combating Trafficking in Women and Children Should be High Development Priority, Experts Say
04 October 2002
<p class="bodytext"> <b>BRATISLAVA, Slovakia</b> - Trafficking in women and children for forced labour and commercial sexual exploitation is a crime against humanity, and efforts to eliminate it should be an integral part of national policies addressing population, gender and reproductive health issues, an expert meeting agreed here today.</p>
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UNFPA Welcomes Timor-Leste Into the United Nations Family and Renews Commitment to its Reproductive Health Efforts
27 September 2002
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) warmly welcomes today's admission of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste as the 191st Member State of the United Nations.</p>
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African Countries Recognize Link Between Population and Development, According to New Findings
24 September 2002
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - Africa recognizes the close links between population policies and development, according to the recent findings of a panel of eminent persons appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.</p>
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UNFPA Expresses Commitment to NEPAD's Role in Africa's Development
17 September 2002
<p> <b>UNITED NATIONS, New York</b> - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) late on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to the mission and success of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).</p>
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