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![With support from UNFPA and a local disability organization, Sabai received vocational and business skill training.](https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/banner-1000x560_4.png?itok=2ePuRoS-)
“A dream to achieve”: Making Myanmar more disability-inclusive
“I applied for a job at a local sewing shop. When they saw my physical impairment, they rejected my application without any other reason,” said Myo... Read more
![Warmest holiday wishes](https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/web_1000_x_560_px_3.png?itok=fC9Z7w6Y)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2022: A year of relentless work for girls and women in Asia-Pacific
Thanks to our donors, partners and supporters, UNFPA has continued working for women, girls, and young people around the region throughout 2022, to... Read more
![UNFPA call on the de facto authorities to allow women and girls to return to school.](https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/web_1000_x_560_px.png?itok=9N2o5dQi)
Taliban banning women from higher education and from working with humanitarian organizations
By denying women and girls the right to education, the de facto authorities are denying the contributions of half the Afghan population to the... Read more
![Young people from Laos People's Democratic Republic standing up for their rights.](https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/1000_x_560_10.png?itok=DVyTQ46L)
Standing up for sexual and reproductive rights for all
As we observe Human Rights Day, let us remember the role that women from the Asia and the Pacific region have played in shaping the Universal... Read more
![Edna is a social worker and manages a hospital’s Family Support Centre in Papua New Guinea, offering services to survivors of ge](https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/screen_shot_2022-11-25_at_12.47.11_pm.png?itok=lIIcAaM9)
Doorway to dignity and health for gender-based violence survivors in Papua New Guinea
Edna is a social worker and manages a hospital’s Family Support Centre in Papua New Guinea, offering services to survivors of gender-based violence.
![Gladys is a community health worker who supports gender-based violence survivors in Papua New Guinea | Photo: UNFPA PNG](https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/gladys_samson_1.jpg?itok=yrn9Snz5)
Treating mind and body after violence in Papua New Guinea
Health workers speak out on their responsibility to survivors of gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea.
![UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem, met with young people to commemorate the world population reaching 8 billion](https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/_n6a5926_1_1.jpg?itok=-Wrn7cNm)
A world of 8 billion: Asian youth send a message through art
To commemorate the world population reaching 8 billion, young people from Asia came together to send a message to the world through art
![The Global Programme to End Child Marriage The Global Programme to End Child Marriage](https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/untitled_design_5_6.png?itok=Bpx0yGlA)
Accelerating Action to End Child Marriage
India has seen a steady decline in the prevalence of child marriage, from 47.4 per cent in 2005 to 23.3 per cent in 2021, which has led to a 50%... Read more
![The global population is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022](https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/styles/news_list/public/news/untitled_design_39.png?itok=RgNLBvAa)
As the world’s population hits 8 billion people, UN calls for solidarity in advancing sustainable development for all
The global population is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022, signalling major improvements in public health that have lowered the risk... Read more
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Keynote Speech: Dr. Rachel Snow, UNFPA – 8 November, 2022
6th Global Symposium on Low Fertility and Population Ageing