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12 August 2018
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Buriram Province, Thailand
“Who can blow up the biggest condom? Who can make it burst!?”
In the tiny village of Khetoon, in Thailand’s rural northeast, uproarious laughter rings out. Set amongst... Read more
9 August 2018
Press Release
Suva, Fiji / Canberra, Australia, 9 August, 2018—The Government of Australia and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, have entered into a partnership with six Pacific governments to transform... Read more
30 July 2018
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As relief operations are stepped up in Attapeu Province, southern Lao PDR, in the wake of last week's devastating dam collapse triggered by heavy rain and flooding, crucial UNFPA supplies for women... Read more
11 July 2018
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Family planning as a human right
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1968 International Conference on Human Rights, where family planning was, for the first time, affirmed as a right for... Read more
11 July 2018
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UNFPA and the Government of Viet Nam will jointly host a panel discussion to mark World Population Day on 11th of July 2018 at the Viet Nam Youth Academy in Ha Noi.
Family planning as a human right... Read more
11 July 2018
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Family planning is a human right
Dr. Natalia Kanem
Executive Director
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
Fifty years ago, the world declared that “parents have a basic human right to... Read more
11 July 2018
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Ha Noi, Viet Nam - Viet Nam's Minister Health, civil society organisations and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Asia and the Pacific are reaffirming their commitment and support on World... Read more
10 July 2018
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Ha Noi - “I started using birth control after our fourth child,” says Thuy Anh (37) as she busies herself in her garden at her home on the southern outskirts of Viet Nam’s capital.
“We had three... Read more
7 July 2018
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A significant breakthrough was achieved at the 2018 Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) which was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 3-6 of July. The AMCDRR is a follow... Read more
1 July 2018
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The sheer numbers are staggering. The stories, no less.
Since August 2017, almost 700,000 Rohingya have fled horrific violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, crossing over into Bangladesh. There, in... Read more