20 May 2014
News
MALÉ, Maldives—Government and youth representatives from the eight South Asian countries met in Male over two days, 13-14 May, to review a regional youth charter and develop an…
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Statement
Twenty years ago, at the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, the world community recognized that families, in their various forms, should be strengthened…
Read story08 May 2014
SUVA, Fiji — If alarming rates of violence against women are to be effectively addressed, the status of women needs to be elevated. UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde…
Read story05 May 2014
Statement
Globally, in the past two decades, maternal death has declined by nearly half. In the same period, skilled birth attendance has increased by 15 per cent, with two out of three…
Read story05 May 2014
KABUL—Purple is the color midwifery students proudly wear in a small but revolutionary school in this busy capital. Apart from the purple scarf, they all have something in common:…
Read story25 April 2014
News
HONIARA, Solomon Islands—In the aftermath of a deadly flood that followed three days of heavy rainfall earlier this month, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is providing…
Read story28 March 2014
Press Release
YANGON—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is very concerned about the mob attacks on international NGO and UN offices in Sittwe yesterday, and supports the call by the UN…
Read story26 March 2014
News
DVB’s Angus Watson spoke to Janet Jackson, Myanmar Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and her assistant Hla Hla Aye, about the international agency’s…
Read story24 March 2014
News
“Y-Peer saved my life. For that, I am so thankful,” Oyuka* explains, recalling her recent contemplation of suicide, before a youth peer educator reached out to her.
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