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A New Era in the Fight against Poverty
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty has special significance... Read more
She Holds the World in her Hands: Power of the Adolescent Girl - Vision for 2030
International Day of the Girl Child What kind of future do we wish to create for Asia and the Pacific? The answer to that sweeping question, in large part, lies in how we care for the girls of today... Read more
Nepal Earthquake: 5 Month Progress Report of the Humanitarian Response
This report covers UNFPA's response to the devastating April 2015 earthquake in the 14 most affected districts of Nepal during the first five months. It highlights priority interventions in... Read more
UNFPA & the Sustainable Development Goals
From 25 to 27 September, all 193 member states of the United Nations will come together at the Sustainable Development Summit to launch the Sustainable Development Goals, a set of 17 goals aiming to... Read more
In Cambodia, family planning offers a path away from poverty
The 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly is currently underway in New York. This meeting of the world's leaders will see the adoption of a new set of global goals – the Sustainable... Read more
Stemming the tide of violence: From abuser to reformer
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Ry Chan, a gentle father in his mid-30s, was once an abuser. He believed that “a woman deserves to be beaten when she commits a mistake,” he regretfully told UNFPA in his home... Read more
An extraordinary honour for an extraordinary colleague: Devanna De la Puente receives the 2015 Marsh Award for Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
Bangkok, Thailand – The Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, congratulates Devanna De la Puente for receiving the 2015 Marsh Award for Innovation in Peacemaking... Read more
UNFPA Asia-Pacific welcomes Yoriko Yasukawa as its new Regional Director
Bangkok, August 21 - The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, extends a warm welcome to Yoriko Yasukawa who has been appointed the new Director of its Asia-Pacific Regional Office as of August 2015... Read more
Myanmar youth volunteers on the front-line of emergency flood response
Yangon, Myanmar - Natural disasters are occurring with greater frequency and intensity around the world, and Myanmar is no exception. Many parts of the country have been devastated by flooding and... Read more
Message of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin in commemoration of World Humanitarian Day
Nearly 60 million people are forcibly displaced by conflict, war and persecution, the largest number since the United Nations was created 70 years ago in the ashes of the Second World War. And due to... Read more