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UNFPA deploys support for women, girls amid mass flight from Iraq’s Sinjar

UNFPA distributes dignity kits to displaced familieis in Sharia, Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA Iraq

08 August 2014

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Ugandan youth push for increased access to reproductive health services

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin speaks with youth about increasing access to sexual and reproductive health services. Photo credit: UNFPA Uganda

05 August 2014

Press Release

UNFPA to Increase Access to Reproductive Health Services for Millions of Adolescent Girls in Africa

02 August 2013

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Building the future now

Participants talked about the importance of UNFPA-supported thematic funds—the Global Programme to Enhance Reproductive Health Commodity Security (GPRHCS), the Maternal Health Thematic Trust Fund (MTHF), the Unified Budget and Results Accountability Framework (UBRAF), and the UNFPA/UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C—at national level. Country-focused approaches, quick response and support were mentioned as important assets leading to positive changes in the area of health.

24 January 2014

Press Release

African Heads of State, Government, to Speed up Reduction of Maternal Deaths

28 January 2013

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In South Sudan, opposition to family planning exacerbates reproductive health needs

A pregnant women receives antenatal care at a UNFPA clinic in a displacement camp in Juba, South Sudan. The country has too few health professionals to meet women's reproductive health needs.Photo credit: Tim McKulka/UNFPA

30 July 2014

Press Release

UNFPA Alarmed Over Devastating Impact of Gaza Violence on Women, Girls

25 July 2014

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Health needs escalate as crisis in Gaza continues

On 12 July, smoke rises from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip during the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine. Photo credit: UNICEF/NYHQ2014-0909/El Baba

24 July 2014

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In Niger, empowering girls to take a stand against child marriage

Girls participate in a mentoring session in Niamey, part of the Action for Adolescent Girls initiative, in June 2014. Photo credit: UNFPA/Satvika Chalasani

21 July 2014

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Roadmap promises to save lives of 140,000 women and 250,000 newborns

Participants in the MDG Advocates meeting, in Kigali, take a selfie. Included are (left-right) Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin. Photo credit: Paul Kagame/Flickr

08 July 2014