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30 September 2015
Nepal Earthquake: 5 Month Progress Report of the Humanitarian Response
Nepal Earthquake: 5 Month Humanitarian Response Progress Report
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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…
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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…
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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,”…
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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…
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21 August 2015
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…
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20 August 2015
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…
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19 August 2015
UNFPA's Response to Nepal Earthquake: 100-Day Review
In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake on 25th April 2015, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in coordination with the Ministry of Health and Population, the…
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19 August 2015
Statement
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…
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