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Scaling Up Strategies to Encourage Abandonment of FGM/C

calendar_today23 July 2013

The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting aims to accelerate changes in entrenced social norms that put some 30 million girls at risk of undergoing this harmful practice. Photo © Sheila McKinnon
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African Leaders Review Strategies, Renew Commitments to Combat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

calendar_today16 July 2013

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Addressing High-Risk Pregnancies in Northeast Brazil

calendar_today26 June 2013

<p>Dr. Osotimehin with Dr. Dolores Fernandez, Director of IPERBA (left) at Bahia's Institute of Perinatology. Photo: Ulisses Lacava/UNFPA Brazil</p>
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A Platform for Voices of Arab Youth in a Critical Time

calendar_today24 June 2013

<p>UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin meets with young people at the the Regional Population and Development Conference in Cairo.</p>
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Report Calls for Sharper Focus on Adolescent Sexual Health Needs in Humanitarian Response

calendar_today14 June 2013

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Tokyo Conference Reaffirms Support for Inclusive African Development

calendar_today04 June 2013

<p>Delegates at the conference symposium on family planning and maternal health included (left to right) Ai Tominaga, JOICFP (Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning) Ambassador; UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin; Malawi President Joyce Hilda Banda; Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom, and Tewodros Melesse, Executive Director of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.</p>
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UN Agencies Encourage Enforcement of FGM/C Ban After Girl’s Death

calendar_today11 June 2013

A counsellor in Egypt holds up cards used to educate women about female genital mutilation (FGM) in Minia in this photo from 2006. REUTERS
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Year in Review: Highlights of UNFPA's Work in 2012

calendar_today06 June 2013

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UNFPA Patron in Mozambique

calendar_today14 November 2012

<p>In her first encounter with UNFPA&rsquo;s work in the national context, Crown Princess Mary made a strong impression on the people she met, who in turn, were a source of inspiration for her. <i>Photo: Torkil Adersen / Scanpix</i> </p>
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'Girls and Women Must Be at the Heart of Post-2015 Development Agenda'

calendar_today30 May 2013

<p>Two important advocates for family planning, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin (centre) and (to his right) Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on the final day of the Women Deliver conference.</p>
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