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23 July 2014
World Population Day in Asia-Pacific: Selfies, creative contests and calls for youth-led policies
BANGKOK—The Asia-Pacific region marked World Population Day (11 July) with a flurry of “selfie” campaigns and creative contests organized by country offices of UNFPA, the United…
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11 July 2014
Statement
Message for World Population Day: the power of young people
11 July 2014 - Today’s 1.8 billion young people are a powerful force, individually and collectively. They are shaping social and economic realities, challenging norms and values…
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25 June 2014
News
Mongolian musicians take back public spaces with Orange Sessions
ULAANBANTAR, MONGOLIA – Illuminating an urban alleyway, the soulful singer-songwriter Chimika performed at UNFPA Mongolia’s very first Orange Session on Wednesday, June 25
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23 June 2014
Mobile teams resume reproductive health care in Rakhine, Myanmar
SITTWE, Myanmar – UNFPA-supported mobile medical teams have resumed providing life-saving reproductive health services in 15 camps for displaced people in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.
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04 June 2014
Press Release
Investing in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns
BANGKOK—More midwives and midwifery services could reduce maternal and newborn deaths by two thirds, saving millions of lives each year, according to a new report. The State of…
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04 June 2014
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Sri Lanka adopts new guidelines for addressing sexual abuse survivors with dignity
COLOMBO—Sri Lanka last week launched its first medico-legal guidelines for examining and caring for survivors of sexual abuse and reporting the abuse to law enforcement…
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30 May 2014
In Nepal, fight against obstetric fistula marches on
DHARAN, Nepal – Dhani Devi Mukhiya remembers the days when her relatives shunned her in public and her husband threatened to bring home another wife. For some of the villagers in…
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29 May 2014
News
World Conference Calls for a Youth Goal in Post-2015 Agenda
COLOMBO—Over 1,500 young people from 163 countries and ministers from nearly 30 countries gathered in Sri Lanka from 6-10 May to discuss, negotiate and place young people at the…
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23 May 2014
Statement
Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
New York, 23 May 2014 -The theme of this year’s International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, “Tracking Fistula – Transforming Lives,” reflects an important step forward in…
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