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Keynote Speech: Dr. Rachel Snow, UNFPA – 8 November, 2022
6th Global Symposium on Low Fertility and Population Ageing
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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