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Providing Support for the Chibok Girls and their Families
19 May 2014
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York <span style="color: rgb(87, 83, 73); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none;">–</span> UNFPA will be leading a coalition of partners to provide health and psychosocial services to the young girls who were kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Nigeria, as soon as they are returned to their families.</p> <p> </p>
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Statement on the International Day of Families
15 May 2014
Twenty years ago, at the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, the world community recognized that families, in their various forms, should be strengthened and enjoy comprehensive protection and support.
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Statement for the International Day of the Midwife
05 May 2014
<p>Globally, in the past two decades, maternal death has declined by nearly half. In the same period, skilled birth attendance has increased by 15 per cent, with two out of three deliveries worldwide now attended by a skilled health professional. With just over 600 days left until the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline, concerted efforts are required to scale up cost-effective interventions in educating midwives and other professionals with midwifery skills.</p>
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Conclusions of the 2014 Commission on Population and Development
14 April 2014
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, welcomes the conclusions of the 47th session of the Commission on Population and Development, which reaffirmed the groundbreaking and forward-looking Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).</p>
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Statement on the Philippines Supreme Court’s Decision on the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law
09 April 2014
<p>UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, welcomes the decision by the Philippines Supreme Court to uphold the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, which allows women, especially the poor and marginalized, access to reproductive health information and services, including family planning and sexuality education.</p>
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Opening of 47th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
07 April 2014
"The ICPD Programme of Action changed forever how we perceive population and development. It moved population policies and programmes from a focus on numbers to a focus on individuals – women and men, girls and boys. And in so doing, it ensured that our collective goals included all people, particularly the most marginalized and vulnerable women and girls", said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin in his opening remarks to this historic session of the Commission on Population and Development.
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Human Progress and Sustainability for All
04 April 2014
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin addressed the High-Level Debate on ICPD Beyond 2014 on 4 April. In his speech he stressed that this is a crucial time in the evolution of the global development agenda.
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UNFPA Welcomes Outcome of the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
22 March 2014
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> <font size="3"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt;Times New Roman"">UNITED NATIONS, New York — UNFPA, The United Nations Population Fund, welcomes the agreement by the 58<sup>th</sup> Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) that clearly reaffirms the international community’s commitments to gender equality and the empowerment and human rights of women and girls.</span> </font> </p>
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The Way Forward for Gender Equality
08 March 2014
We all remember when the headlines, nearly half a century ago, warned of an imminent population explosion. Governments were scrambling to find the solution and their answer was to limit population growth, especially in the developing world. In 1994, we found what then seemed like an unlikely answer to dealing with changing population dynamics: women.
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International Women’s Day: Progress for Women and Girls is Progress for All
06 March 2014
<p>As we commemorate International Women’s Day and celebrate the many achievements of women and girls, we should also remember that for far too many, the ability to live a healthy, productive life free from violence, to fully enjoy their rights, remains an aspiration.</p>
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Statement by the Executive Director for the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals
06 February 2014
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York -- UNFPA Executive Director, Babatunde Osotimehin, addressed the morning session of the 5th meeting of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.</p> <p> </p>
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International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
05 February 2014
<p>Millions of girls around the world are still threatened by genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), despite a century of efforts to put an end to it. In the 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where the practice is concentrated, more than 125 million girls and women have been cut.</p>
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