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12 December 2019
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UNFPA co-organized event highlights enhancing role of adolescents and youth on HIV prevention
UNFPA in collaboration with the Gambella Region HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office organized a panel discussion under the theme “Enhancing the Role of the Youth and…
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11 December 2019
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High Level Advocacy event celebrates role of women in protecting and advancing rights of women and girls
A High Level advocacy event co-organized by the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs, Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund,…
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02 December 2019
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Canadian Government delegation pays visit to UNFPA supported interventions
UNFPA supported interventions which are part of the Preventing and Responding to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, including HTPs, and Rehabilitation of Survivors Programme were…
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25 November 2019
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Message from Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
The crime of rape is a severe human rights violation, yet it remains widespread around the globe. Sexual violence is an epidemic that thrives in times of conflict and during…
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22 November 2019
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UNFPA Statement in Memory of the late Bogaletch Gebre
Ethiopia lost an icon and a staunch advocate of the right of women and girls. The late Bogaletch Gebre, Boge as she was fondly referred to, dedicated much of her life battling…
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13 November 2019
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As Nairobi Summit opens, leaders express optimism and urgency in securing rights for all
Nairobi, KENYA – More than 6,000 world leaders, scholars, advocates, faith leaders and others converged on the Kenyatta International Conference Centre today to attend the…
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11 October 2019
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October
GirlForce: Unscripted and unstoppable on the road to Nairobi and beyond! Around the world, girls are challenging gender stereotypes and breaking free from the…
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09 October 2019
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Ex-circumciser turned anti-FGM advocate
Sara Banja is an ex-circumciser. She says she has been practicing FGM for many years in her locality. With the start of the Joint Programme on Abandonment of FGM in the Boreda…
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22 August 2019
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ICPD 25 Commitments Survey
→ Click here to participate in the survey Twenty-five years ago, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) took place in Cairo, Egypt…
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