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Yoriko Yasukawa, UNFPA Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific - Remarks at the ADB Asia Youth Forum

calendar_today 10 August 2016

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Yoriko Yasukawa, UNFPA Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific - Remarks at the ADB Asia Youth Forum

Presentation on ‘Switched On – Youth at the Heart of Sustainable Development In Asia and the Pacific.’

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The rights of indigenous peoples must be protected and respected

calendar_today 09 August 2016

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The rights of indigenous peoples must be protected and respected

UNICEF, UNFPA and UNESCO’s Asia Pacific Regional Directors call on countries to give greater priority to the fulfillment of the rights of indigenous peoples.

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The Connect Effect: Tools for Integration of HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health with Key Populations

calendar_today 27 July 2016

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The Connect Effect: Tools for Integration of HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health with Key Populations

Tools to integrate HIV and sexual and reproductive health with key populations.

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UNFPA welcomes release of Myanmar census data on religion

calendar_today 21 July 2016

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UNFPA welcomes release of Myanmar census data on religion

Data on religion from the 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census has been made publicly available by the Government of Myanmar.

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Message for World Population Day 2016

calendar_today 11 July 2016

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Message for World Population Day 2016

A central objective of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development is to leave no one behind.

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Message for World Population Day 2016

calendar_today 11 July 2016

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Message for World Population Day 2016

Investing in teenage girls for a more just, stable and peaceful world.

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A world where all girls can be happy is simply a better world

calendar_today 11 July 2016

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A world where all girls can be happy is simply a better world

A message from Yoriko Yasukawa, UNFPA's Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

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After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

calendar_today 08 June 2016

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After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

For 49 years, a traumatic childbirth injury left Noorjahan living in the shadows. A prolonged, obstructed labour, and lack of emergency maternal health care, left her with an…

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Safer childbirth, stronger nations

calendar_today 26 May 2016

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Safer childbirth, stronger nations

Statement by Yoriko Yasukawa, UNFPA's Asia-Pacific Regional Director

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