Bringing Family Planning to Remote Lao Villages

Published on: 02/09/2014

Community-based provision of family planning services is an important and effective modality for reaching remote areas where the poverty rate is high and formal health facilities do not exist.

The Philippines: Protecting Women and Girls After Haiyan

Published on: 02/09/2014

UNFPA is providing reproductive health care and working to prevent gender-based violence against women and girls who struggle to survive after Typhoon Haiyan.  The national police are putting in place mechanisms to ensure their safety until the situa

Women and War: Afghanistan

Published on: 02/09/2014

In Afghanistan, conflict has not only caught the female non-combatants in its violence, but have severely crippled already inadequate services such as health and education.

Family Planning in Sierra Leone: An Integrated Approach

Published on: 02/09/2014

Preliminary results of the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey released in Sierra Leone indicate that the country has improved health services in the last five years, especially in the area of family planning.

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Highest-level of emergency declared in Iraq

Women and children await care at a UNFPA-supported maternity clinic in Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA
  • 19 August 2014
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Serving Syrian refugee women amid Iraq's escalating crisis

UNFPA staff distribute dignity kits, containing essential hygiene supplies, to women in Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA/Veronica Njikho
  • 26 August 2014
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Youth volunteers in Iran show their selfies to promote role of young people

Young volunteers at a UNFPA-supported training in Kerman, Iran, participate in the #showyourselfie campaign to promote the role of youth in development.Photo credit: UNFPA Iran
  • 28 August 2014
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From promise to action: Ending preventable maternal deaths in Kenya

Women await post-natal care at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, one of the 15 counties where maternal death rates are highest. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Kenya
  • 29 August 2014
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In Thailand's refugee camps, shifting attitudes about sexual and reproductive health

Saba has her blood pressure checked during a consultation with a refugee nurse assistant at a sexual and reproductive health clinic in the Mae La refugee camp in Thailand. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Thailand
  • 16 September 2014
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Media Advisory

Multi-million Dollar Partnership for Sahel's Development to be Reinforced by African Governments, UN, World Bank

18 September 2014

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