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8 November 2022
Press Release
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Global Symposium on Low Fertility and Population Ageing kicks off with calls for strengthening demographic resilience

As more and more countries struggle with the consequences of low fertility rates and population ageing, governments must strengthen resilience... Read more

6 November 2022
Press Release
Global Symposium on Low Fertility and Population Ageing to be held in Seoul on 8-10 November

Global Symposium on Low Fertility and Population Ageing to be held in Seoul on 8-10 November

In the month in which the world population is expected to reach 8 billion, a global symposium will discuss the implications of low fertility and... Read more

24 October 2022
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Innovating for equality & inclusion

This collection takes a look at innovations advancing the rights of women, girls and the most marginalised across the Asia-Pacific region. Using... Read more

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

5 October 2022
Press Release
An adolescent girl from Viet Nam smiles while carrying her school bag and travelling to school

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... Read more

1 October 2022
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A lady with her newborn, her elder daughter, and her mother laugh while sitting outside their porch in Sri Lanka

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... Read more

3 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... Read more

26 August 2022
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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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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