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‘I’m So Happy to be Completely Cured’
UNFPA Cambodia has partnered with the Children's Surgical Centre since 2009 to provide free treatment services to almost 30 women who had... Read more
Getting to Zero - World AIDS Day 2012
There is much to celebrate this World AIDS Day with AIDS-related deaths declining globally and a 60 per cent increase over the last two years in the... Read more
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
This year, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a focus on the... Read more
Additional Investments in Family Planning Would Save Developing Countries More Than $11 Billion a Year
LONDON – Making voluntary family planning available to everyone in developing countries would reduce costs for maternal and newborn health care by $... Read more
Sri Lanka's 7 Billion Baby Celebrates Her First Birthday
Muthumali, the symbolic 7 billion baby in Sri Lanka, turned 1 on 31 October. Muthumali was born at 12.01am on 31 October 2011, the day world... Read more
Calling on Youth Leaders: This is Your Chance to Effect Change
People under age 25 represent 43 per cent of the global population. Yet they rarely have an opportunity to influence national or global policies.... Read more
Asia Marks the First International Day of the Girl Child
BANGKOK – Across Asia today, advocacy events marking the first International Day of the Girl Child will highlight the widespread practice of child... Read more
International Day of the Girl Child
October 11 marks the inaugural International Day of the Girl Child. This day focuses attention on the need to address the challenges girls face,... Read more
Empowering Girls in Nepal to Say ‘No’ to Child Marriage
In Nepal, half of all girls are married by age 18, even though child marriage is against the law. Campaigns against the practice are starting to have... Read more
Escaping Child Marriage in Afghanistan
KABUL – Recent surveys estimate some 46 per cent of Afghani women are married by age 18, with 15 per cent of them before age 15. Many factors... Read more