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The Government of Korea allocates US$ 2 million for women and girls in Ukraine and Moldova

calendar_today18 July 2022

Korea’s funds will support UNFPA to scale up life-saving services in Ukraine and Moldova. © UNFPA Moldova/Eduard Bîzgu
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Free maternal services are a lifeline to expectant mothers in Yemen

calendar_today24 March 2022

A midwife hands Saba her newborn son. Saba lost two earlier pregnancies because of a lack of obstetric care in a country where only half of health facilities are operational and only two out of 10 functional health facilities provide maternal and child health services. © UNFPA Yemen
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Republic of Korea-supported knowledge centres advance gender equality in Tanzania

calendar_today24 March 2021

Women learn about their rights and gender equality at a knowledge centre in Malito village, Shinyanga. @ UNFPA Tanzania/Karlien Truyens
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Republic of Korea commits $5 million to UNFPA-UN Women joint programme to advance gender equality in Tanzania

calendar_today04 November 2020

A woman and her child attend the programme launch in Shinyanga. © Ally Mgoo/UNFPA Tanzania
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Republic of Korea and UNFPA partner to prevent gender-based violence in Sudan’s conflict zones

calendar_today10 August 2020

In Central Darfur, girls attend a group awareness session about FGM and early marriage.
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Korean cooperation helps give Ivorian fistula survivors a new lease on life

calendar_today23 May 2020

Blandine with her new daughter and husband. © UNFPA/Didier Djiloni
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Safe birth services save lives, prevent childbirth injury in Tanzania

calendar_today22 May 2020

A health facility in Tanzania’s Simiyu region, which was renovated through a two-year programme supported by UNFPA with funding from KOICA. © UNFPA Tanzania/Karlien Truyens
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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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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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