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12 June 2012
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Police Officers Graduate from Training on Gender Based Violence
DILI – Over 20 police officers from Policia Nacional de Timor-Leste had graduated from a specialized two-week training course on Gender Based Violence (GBV) investigations. The…
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12 June 2012
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New Report Documents Good Practices in Reproductive Health Programmes in the Philippines
Quality reproductive health care for women is the very foundation where healthy families and a strong nation are built on. This, in essence, is the message conveyed by “Investing…
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11 June 2012
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Youth from 11 Countries Strengthen Advocacy Skills Through Advanced Training
BANGKOK – “Young people are afraid to talk about sex with parents. They are afraid to share their curiosity even with doctor or teacher,” said Anan Bouapha, a 25-year-old Laotian…
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06 June 2012
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More Pacific Countries to Conduct Studies on Violence Against Women
SUVA – Five countries in the South Pacific region will soon begin national studies of the prevalence and patterns of violence against women, after technical preparations for core…
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30 May 2012
Press Release
UNFPA and Afghanistan’s Central Statistics Organization Release Socio Demographic and Economic Survey Results for Bamiyan Province
KABUL – Abdul Rahman Ghafoori, President of Central Statistics Organization (CSO), Laurent Zessler, UNFPA Representative in Afghanistan, and Makoto Matsuda, Counselor from the…
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25 May 2012
Executive Director: Mission to Manila and Beyond
MANILA – In a whirlwind two-day mission to the Philippines, Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, met with President…
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25 May 2012
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Sex Education is a Young Person's Right
When five out of every 100 girls aged 15-19 in a country say they have been pregnant at one point in their lives, you probably want to sit up and listen. And then you want to do…
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25 May 2012
Press Release
UNFPA and Indonesia's Population and Family Planning Board Launch ICPD Beyond 2014 Review
JAKARTA – UNFPA and the National Population and Family Planning Board launched today in Indonesia a review of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)…
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16 May 2012
Press Release
Maternal Deaths Halved in 20 Years, but Faster Progress Needed
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to new estimates released today by…
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