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Women’s Experiences Central to Climate Change Solutions, UNFPA says in Asian Launch of Flagship Report

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Facing the Floods: Women Cope With Climate Change in Viet Nam

QUANG TRI PROVINCE, Viet Nam — Life has never been easy for Nguyen Thi Lanh, 51, and Nguyen Duc Phi, 52. After enduring years of war, they married in 1977 and a year later had their first baby. “We were very poor at that time,” Lanh explains. “My husband had to take care of his family because his mother had died. We hardly had rice to feed our child, and we had to rebuild our house, which had collapsed during the war.” more

Asia Pacific Meeting Reaffirms Commitment to Reproductive and Sexual Health

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Abused Sri Lankan Women Find Relief

At centres set up with UNFPA support after the December 2004 tsunami, abused women can get counseling, medical care, skills training and legal assistance under one roof.
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Women Embrace Nepal Vote

Women voted enthusiastically, hoping that a new political system will reduce gender-based bias and violence. UNFPA supported women's participation in the elections process.

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