calendar_today 22 October 2015

Grim but essential, autopsies are saving lives in Bangladesh

MOHESHALI, Bangladesh – Something went terribly wrong when Asta Banu gave birth. Her labour was difficult and seemed to take forever. When the baby – a boy …

calendar_today 11 October 2015

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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…

calendar_today 25 September 2015

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…

calendar_today 21 September 2015

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…

calendar_today 09 September 2015

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,”…

calendar_today 28 August 2015

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…