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20 October 2022
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Photo story: Pakistan floods
The multiple crises facing millions of women and girls as Pakistan reels from worst flood in its history
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05 October 2022
Press Release
Promoting gender equality is key to ending son preference
The preference of having a son remains a pervasive form of gender inequality and discrimination in a number of countries in Asia, the Balkans and the Caucasus, as well as in…
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01 October 2022
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Investing in every stage of her life
Opinion-editorial by Mr. Björn Andersson, UNFPA Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, calling on countries to…
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03 September 2022
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the devastating floods in Pakistan
Heavy monsoon rains have flooded a third of Pakistan affecting more than 33 million people, of which an estimated 650,000 are pregnant women. UNFPA Executive Director, Natalia…
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26 August 2022
News
UNFPA Supports Humanitarian Response in Enga
The United Nations Population Fund in Papua New Guinea, through the support of Government of Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has provided Reproductive Health…
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25 August 2022
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The dream of home still far from reach for the Rohingya people
Five years on from the Rohingya influx into Bangladesh, UNFPA Regional Director Björn Andersson reflects on his recent visit to the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
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19 August 2022
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Opinion-Editorial: Humanitarians in the age of emergencies
The Regional Director for the United Nations Population Fund for Asia and the Pacific, Björn Andersson, says humanitarian crises are everyone's business. Harnessing the strengths…
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18 August 2022
News
A shelter struggles as the Sri Lanka crisis deepens
Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst socio-economic crisis since independence. The country’s once robust healthcare system is teetering on the edge of collapse amid debilitating…
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15 August 2022
Statement
Afghanistan: An escalating crisis for women and girls
As the world faces multiple, overlapping crises, we must not forget the women and girls of Afghanistan. When women’s and girls’ basic rights are denied, we are all diminished. We…
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