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Ending violence and discrimination against women: A call to action

calendar_today25 November 2014

Jyotsna Phulmali with her daughter in Maharashtra, India. Ms. Phulmali left an abusive husband when her daughter was still an infant. Changing attitudes about women and promoting gender equality will be essential to ending violence against women. © UNICEF/INDA2013-00249/Singh
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Message of UNFPA Executive Director for International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

calendar_today24 November 2014

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UN Launches ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Review Report

calendar_today12 February 2014

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the launch of ICPD Beyond 2014 Global Report. Photo Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten
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Huge potential for economic growth requires fulfilling the promise of youth, flagship report says

calendar_today18 November 2014

Students attend a workshop focused on their rights and potential, held during a conference in Apia, Samoa. Credit: UNFPA Pacific/Ariela Zibiah
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  • In race to save women's lives, solutions are within reach, says UNFPA head

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In race to save women's lives, solutions are within reach, says UNFPA head

calendar_today21 September 2014

<p>Maternal and neonatal death rates remain stubbornly high, studies show. But the solutions to these problems are known, and deceptively simple. <i>Photo credit: Jerome Sessini/Magnum Photos</i> </p>
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Media to play key role in eliminating FGM in Kenya

calendar_today06 November 2014

Attending the launch of the campaign are (left-right) Nation Media Group CEO Linus Gitahi, Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning Anne Waiguru, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Standard Media Group CEO Sam Shollei, wife of the Secretary-General Yoo Soon-taek, and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin. Photo credit: UNFPA/Nisha Chatani-Rizvi
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  • Empowering girls key to Africa's success, leaders affirm

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Empowering girls key to Africa's success, leaders affirm

calendar_today22 September 2014

Investing in adolescents and youth will be key to taking advantage of a demographic dividend in the Sahel region of Africa, leaders said today at the United Nations. Girls in Niger. Photo credit: OCHA/David Ohana
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  • Leaders pledge to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths within a generation

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Leaders pledge to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths within a generation

calendar_today26 September 2014

Munira Sha'ban, a renowned Jordanian midwife, speaks at a high-level UN event on improving the survival of women, newborns and children. Beside her are Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Chinese diplomacy leader Li Xiaolin, and Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and For Malaria Ray Chambers. Photo credit: Stuart Ramson/UN Foundation
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  • Seven years of resistance: One girl’s fight against FGM

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Seven years of resistance: One girl’s fight against FGM

calendar_today23 September 2014

Nancy Tomee in New York, where she spoke to first ladies from around the world about her struggle against FGM. Photo credit: UNFPA/Omar Kasrawi
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  • Bearing witness to a revolution in women’s health and rights

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Bearing witness to a revolution in women’s health and rights

calendar_today01 October 2014

Munira Sha'ban, Jordan's celebrated midwife (centre), with UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and UNFPA Director Dianne Stewart. Photo credit: UNFPA/Omar Kasrawi
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