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18/12/2008

A preference for boys and limited access to medical technology are skewing the sex ratio in several Asian countries -- undermining demographic balance, and the human rights of women and girls.

18/12/2008

Midwives and community volunteers are helping more Cambodian women plan their family -- contributing to healthier pregnancies, infants and family, and providing a better chance of escaping poverty.

18/12/2008

Women voted enthusiastically, hoping that a new political system will reduce gender-based bias and violence. UNFPA supported women's participation in the election process.

18/12/2008

This video reviews the achievements of the Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia (RHIYA) in informing young people on several health issues.

19/12/2009

Brokers find Vietnamese wives for South Korean men.

19/12/2008

Recovered after multiple surgeries, Sultana is now an advocate telling other women that their obstetric fistula can be repaired. With UNFPA support, a growing number of hospitals are now offering the procedure.

19/12/2008

To escape rural poverty, young rural migrants make sacrifices to live in fast-growing Ho Chi Minh.

19/12/2008

With UNFPA support, community centers set up after the December 2004 tsunami offer abused women with counseling, medical care, skills training and legal assistance -- under one roof.

 

19/12/2008

With UN assistance, residents who were uprooted two years ago by conflict in eastern Sri Lanka are now returning home.

19/01/2009

A year after the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, many women received much better reproductive health care as a result of efforts by UNFPA and its partners to restore service.

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