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Republic of Korea commits $1 million to UNFPA's humanitarian action thematic fund

calendar_today29 November 2019

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem meets Republic of Korea Vice Foreign Minister Lee Taeho. Photo courtesy of the Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Global efforts show progress on making women and girls feel safe

calendar_today30 September 2019

The comprehensive sexuality education workshops in Jujuy create safe spaces for youth to speak freely. © UNFPA Argentina/Clara Campos
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Leaders call on world to end scourge of gender violence

calendar_today26 September 2019

South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have seen particularly widespread sexual and gender-based violence, both during and in the aftermath of conflict. © UNFPA DRC
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As Nairobi Summit approaches, time to move from talk to action on commitments

calendar_today26 September 2019

From left to right and top to bottom: Saitoti Torome, Principal Secretary of the State Department of Planning at Kenya's National Treasury; UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem; and Rasmus Prehn, Development Cooperation Minister of Denmark. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Usiet
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Joy after a frightening preterm delivery in Liberia

calendar_today16 September 2019

Doctors, nurses and midwives celebrate with Anna Bondo as she leaves the Neonatal Unit with her daughter Dorcas. © UNFPA Liberia
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Northeastern Nigeria Call to Action sparks collective push to address gender-based violence in humanitarian response

calendar_today13 August 2019

In Northeastern Nigeria, the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies is transforming the way humanitarian actors address this critical issue. © UNFPA Nigeria
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Luxembourg announces over €6.7M in new funding for UNFPA

calendar_today06 August 2019

Mr. Manuel Tonnar, Director at the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Directorate, meets UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at UNFPA headquarters in New York. © UNFPA
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Displaced women in eastern Ethiopia stand up to pressure, stigma over family planning

calendar_today02 August 2019

Trik Dulene (sitting) with friends in the Kologe II displacement camp. She teaches women about family planning. © UNFPA Ethiopia
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With the Republic of Korea and UNDP, fostering youth-led innovations in Rwanda

calendar_today26 July 2019

The Tantine mobile phone app, developed by one of the winners of the first round of UNFPA’s iAccelerator programme, delivers youth-friendly information on sexual and reproductive health, in an easily accessible and engaging format. “We thought of using ICT as a bridge,” said co-founder Sylvie Uhirwa, to reach young people who might otherwise have no other source of reliable information. © UNFPA Rwanda
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Women belong at the centre of peace efforts, women UN leaders urge in Afghanistan

calendar_today24 July 2019

Women UN leaders meet with female leaders and advocates in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women's voices must be heard, they emphasized. © Fardin Waezi / UNAMA
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