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17 October 2018
News
The United Nations Population Fund’s latest flagship State of World Population 2018 report focuses on the power of choice. The report titled 'The Power of Choice: Reproductive Rights and the... Read more
17 October 2018
Press Release
New York / Bangkok, 17 October 2018--The global trend towards smaller families, including in Asia and the Pacific, is a reflection of people making reproductive choices to have as few or as many... Read more
16 October 2018
News
DONGGALA, Indonesia – “I am so scared. I can’t even describe it,” Ibu Fariati, 27, told UNFPA.
On 28 September, Ms. Fariati’s home collapsed in a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that, just 30 minutes later... Read more
11 October 2018
Statement
Statement on the Occasion of the International Day of the Girl 2018
Dr Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
We believe in the power of girls to change this... Read more
10 October 2018
Statement
Today on World Mental Health Day, UNFPA calls for strengthened action to provide services for the mental health of young people
Statement from Dr Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director
A safe and... Read more
18 September 2018
News
The National Population and Family Planning Board of Indonesia (BKKBN), in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and Partners in Population and Development (PPD), organized... Read more
6 September 2018
Statement
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), through its Asia-Pacific Regional Office, welcomes the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of India striking down a key component of Section 377 of the... Read more
25 August 2018
News
On August 25, 2017, and in the days, weeks and months that followed, violence in Myanmar's long-troubled Rakhine State triggered an exodus of Rohingya people to Cox's Bazar District in neighbouring... Read more
19 August 2018
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on
World Humanitarian Day 2018
Women and girls uprooted by war or disaster are at heightened risk of rape, exploitation and abuse. Yet... Read more
19 August 2018
News
In flood-hit southern Lao PDR this World Humanitarian Day, UNFPA and partners are intensifying relief efforts for affected populations, including women and girls, as the misery continues almost a... Read more