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Population bomb, bust – or boon? New UNFPA report debunks 8 myths about a world of 8 billion

calendar_today19 April 2023

On 15 November, the world’s population reached a landmark 8 billion people. The UNFPA State of World Population 2023 report released today asks what this means for their lives, rights, health and futures? © UNFPA/ARTificial Mind/Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm
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News

Six UNFPA programmes around the world ensuring “health for all” in a world of 8 billion

calendar_today06 April 2023

The 2023 theme for World Health Day, 7 April, is “Health for all”. © WHO
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Publication date

Jun 2022

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

17

Publication

Empowering Adolescent Girls Through Non-Formal Education

A comparative analysis of comprehensive sexuality education, life skills education and protective asset-building approaches

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News

UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages

calendar_today16 March 2023

Midwife Suhila Rasuli on her way to visit a pregnant woman in a remote area of Nimroz province, Afghanistan. © Naqibullah Rahimi/MOVE Afghanistan
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Publisher

WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

Publication date

Feb 2023

Number of pages

108

Publication

Trends in Maternal Mortality 2000-2020

Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

08 March 2023

Number of pages

43

Publication

Gender Transformative Approaches to Achieve Gender Equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

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News

A neglected global crisis for women: Nearly 300,000 mothers died in 2020 from preventable causes

calendar_today23 February 2023

Newly graduated midwife Sakila Chaulagian in 2020. © UNFPA Nepal
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News

A year on from Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine, tackling the onslaught on health and rights for generations of women and girls

calendar_today24 February 2023

Psychologist Victoria Semko works with a UNFPA psychosocial mobile team. She said, "When I first came back to Irpin, it was scary. There were shot-out cars and burnt tanks on the streets. The city was emptied. Absolutely everything was different.” © UNFPA Ukraine/Roman Buchko
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Press release

A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies

calendar_today23 February 2023

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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Feb 2023

Number of pages

43

Publication

UNFPA Gender Strategy

Agency, Choice and Access: UNFPA Strategy for Promoting Gender Equality and the Rights of Women and Adolescent Girls

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