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11 July 2020
Statement
Peace in the home: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls – even during COVID-19
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day Peace in our world begins with peace in the home, as the United Nations Secretary-General…
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11 July 2020
Statement
Accelerating Rights and Choices for All in a Post-COVID-19 Asia-Pacific
Our Regional Director spells out his vision on World Population Day 2020.
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10 July 2020
News
Ensuring maternal healthcare during a pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis has taken a staggering toll worldwide. As countries are under lockdown and health systems are struggling to cope, sexual and reproductive health services…
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02 July 2020
News
A midwife drops her knife and transforms her community
A midwife who once performed female genital mutilation in Indonesia has since given up the practice and now advocates against it.
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01 July 2020
News
Mother, rebel and role model: One woman stands firm against son preference
In India, more girls and young women are standing up to child marriage, which robs them of their rights and choices, their voice and power. Instead, they are putting education…
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30 June 2020
Statement
State of World Population Report 2020: Against My Will
Our Executive Director explains why this year's flagship report is so urgent.
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30 June 2020
News
In Nepal, adolescent girls band together, showing communities ‘she counts’
Exposed to poverty and damaging notions that girls are less valuable than boys, many girls in rural Nepal accept these conditions as fate. But increasingly, others refuse to let…
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30 June 2020
News
Her stories: How girls in India are turning to education instead of child marriage
Many parents in India think child marriage is good for the whole family - influenced by economic pressures and social norms that place lower value on girls. But increasingly girls…
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30 June 2020
Press Release
Confronting the silent and endemic crisis of harmful practices
Our 2020 global flagship report urges an end to harmful practices against women and girls - for once and for all.
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