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25 April 2015
Press Release

UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional and Nepal Country Offices Pledge Urgent Support for Earthquake-devastated Nepal

BANGKOK, Thailand/KATHMANDU, Nepal - The UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office is working with our Nepal Country Office and colleagues across the United... Read more

22 April 2015
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Snatched from her home, an Afghan girl's road to recovery

UNFPA-supported centre providing assistance to survivors of gender-based violence

1 April 2015
News

Meeting reproductive health needs in the wake of Cyclone Pam

PORT VILA, Vanuatu – “We lost everything. All the clothes – gone,” Anna Naual said at an aid post in Fresh Wind Ohlem, a settlement near Vanuatu’s... Read more

22 March 2015
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Cyclone Pam cripples sexual and reproductive health services in Vanuatu

PORT VILA, Vanuatu/SUVA, Fiji – Sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning and antenatal care, urgently need to be restored... Read more

18 March 2015
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Thousands of pregnant women require care in cyclone-slammed Vanuatu

SUVA, Fiji/UNITED NATIONS, Bangkok – Four days after Cyclone Pam cut a path of destruction across Vanuatu, the full scale of the devastation has yet... Read more

17 March 2015
News

Stepping up efforts to support cyclone-hit Vanuatu

BANGKOK, Thailand - As the government of Vanuatu assesses the devastation wrought by Cylone Pam, UNFPA and other UN agencies and partners are supporting the Pacific island-nation in a variety of ways... Read more

17 March 2015
Press Release

UNFPA ensuring reproductive health coverage for women and girls in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam

SUVA, Fiji - The United Nations Population Fund Pacific Sub-Regional Office (PSRO) has committed up to $35 million VATU and will provide essential... Read more

13 March 2015
News

In disasters, women are the backbone of resilience

This article by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund originally appeared in the Bangkok Post  The rising frequency and impact of natural disasters... Read more

10 March 2015
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Health systems’ resilience, women’s crucial role during disasters, to be focus of UNFPA side event at Sendai

UNITED NATIONS, Bangkok – The need for resilient health systems capable of delivering quality sexual and reproductive health, and the crucial role of... Read more

8 March 2015
Statement

Message on International Women’s Day: Beijing at 20

During the past 20 years, we have witnessed remarkable advances in promoting the human rights and dignity of women and girls and their full and equal... Read more

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