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Message for World Population Day 2016
Investing in teenage girls for a more just, stable and peaceful world.
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A world where all girls can be happy is simply a better world
A message from Yoriko Yasukawa, UNFPA's Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
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Message for World Population Day 2016
A central objective of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development is to leave no one behind.
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After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows
For 49 years, a traumatic childbirth injury left Noorjahan living in the shadows. A prolonged, obstructed labour, and lack of emergency maternal... Read more
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Safer childbirth, stronger nations
Statement by Yoriko Yasukawa, UNFPA's Asia-Pacific Regional Director
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Blogging the World Humanitarian Summit - Day 2
Youth leader and activist Chloe Reynaldo blogs on day two of the global gathering.
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Blogging the World Humanitarian Summit - Day 1
Youth leader and activist Chloe Reynaldo blogs on day one of the global gathering.
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World Humanitarian Summit
Share humanity. Leave no one behind.
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Ending fistula within a generation
Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund... Read more
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Humanitarian action saves thousands of lives across Asia and the Pacific: UNFPA report
80% of all natural disasters strike in Asia and the Pacific. UNFPA provides lifesaving care and support to women, girls and youth across the region.