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Empowering women and girls requires renewed efforts to end violence and harmful practices
Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2016 This... Read more
Violence against women – a heartbreak in Myanmar
“Some women are very upset and are not able to immediately explain what has happened. I have to help them relax and become calm before they can talk.”
Blogging the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction: Part 2
Philippines youth leader and peer educator Chloe Reynaldo blogs from inside a top-level gathering to tackle the risks from disasters.
Success: Asia Regional DRR Plan enshrines universal access to SRH services, GBV prevention and response, women's leadership
The Asian Regional Plan for Implementation of the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction reflects key aspects of UNFPA's mandate.
Putting women and girls at the centre of disaster risk reduction
Speech by Yoriko Yasukawa, UNFPA Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
Blogging the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
Philippines youth leader and peer educator Chloe Reynaldo blogs from inside a top-level gathering to tackle the risks from disasters.
UN@71: The first UN Day in the SDGs Era
Today, 24 October 2016, marks the first UN Day in the era of the SDGs. Our Regional Director reflects on the UN's role - past, present and... Read more
UNFPA pays its respects to the memory of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej
UNFPA's Regional Director joins the wider UN family in Thailand in offering a message of condolence upon the passing away of King Bhumibol... Read more
State of World Population 2016
Our shared future will be shaped by how we support the world’s 60 million 10-year-old girls of today, as they move from childhood to adolescence and... Read more
10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age
The State of World Population 2016 shows why we must do all we can to ignite the potential of every 10-year-old girl.