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UNFPA and Philips to co-create innovative health solutions for women and girls

21 Sep 2018

“We see huge potential in this thought partnership for innovation,” said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem (right), with Henk Siebren de Jong, Chief of International Markets for Royal Philips (left). © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet

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Zonta International brings a global community of professional women to the fight to end child marriage

20 Nov 2018

The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage provides services and support for adolescent girls and also engages communities to change social norms that perpetuate the practice, including through girls’ clubs that member Merhawit Mezgebe says are helping to stamp out child marriage in her district in Ethiopia. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw

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Norway supports the health, protection and empowerment of adolescents and youth in Ethiopia

07 Dec 2018

The agreement was signed on 22 November in Addis Ababa, by (from left) Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF Representative to Ethiopia; Merete Lundemo, Ambassador of the Royal Norwegian Embassy to Ethiopia; Hiwot Hailu, State Minister of Women, Children and Youth Affairs of Ethiopia; and UNFPA Country Representative Bettina Maas. © UNICEF Ethiopia

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Canada convenes parliamentarians to accelerate achievement of ICPD Programme of Action

23 Nov 2018

Parliamentarians and experts from over 70 countries assembled at the 7th International Parliamentarians’ Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet

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Canada supports greater access to contraceptives and medicines for women and girls worldwide

13 Nov 2018

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem (left) with Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canada’s Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, at the fifth International Conference on Family Planning in Kigali, Rwanda. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet

The Missing Peace

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Core funding from Sweden supports flexibility and long-term planning to achieve results

12 Jun 2018

UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Dereje Wordofa (second from right), Swedish Deputy Permanent Representative Irina Schoulgin Nyoni (center), and Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed (third from left), at the signing ceremony, with (from left) UNDP Associate Administrator Tegegnework Gettu, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, and OCHA Coordination and Response Director John Ging. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet

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With Australia, working towards zero unmet need for family planning in the Pacific island countries

16 May 2018

A woman holding a dignity kit stands with her two children outside their home in ‘Eua, which was damaged when Tropical Cyclone Gita hit Tonga in February 2018. © Tomoko Kurokawa/UNFPA Pacific

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Prepositioning relief supplies is a life-saving strategy

14 Mar 2018

ICPD Library Resource

ICPD Press Release, 94/11/30

Resource date: Nov 1994

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