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10 April 2019
Press Release
World must work harder to secure sexual and reproductive rights for all, says new UNFPA report
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 10 April 2019— The global reproductive rights movement that began in the 1960s transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of women, empowering…
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10 April 2019
News
Project on women’s & girl’s economic empowerment and social protection phased out
The Economic and Social Women Empowerment and Protection of Women and Girls from Harmful Traditional Practices Project was officially closed today in the presence of partners and…
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01 April 2019
News
Promoting Safe Motherhood through Maternity Waiting Homes
Basoliben District, Amhara Region of ETHIOPIA: In Ethiopia, rural women like Fikre Molla, who spent their last days of pregnancy in Maternity Waiting Homes and gave birth at a…
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29 March 2019
News
Study claims rapidly falling fertility and changing population age structure could spur development in Ethiopia
A new study entitled “From Land of Famine to Land of Hope: Will Ethiopia Become a Model for an African Upswing?” states if Ethiopia sustains the development gains…
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08 March 2019
News
Restoring dignity of women with POP treatment
Gondar, Amhara Region of Ethiopia: Welela Sheferaw, 46, is very much looking forward to receiving surgical treatment at the University of Gondar Specialized Hospital for her…
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08 March 2019
Statement
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director for International Women's Day
Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund on the occasion of International…
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20 February 2019
News
UNFPA supported safe house launched in Mekele
A UNFPA supported safe house run by the Women Association of Tigray was launched today in the City of Mekele, in the Tigray Regional State. The safe house set up in a building…
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15 February 2019
News
“I want to make sure that an FGM free generation is created”
Fifteen year-old Ejegayehu Abayneh is a facilitator of the girls’ club in her school and a model student in the fight against HTPs. She is living with her grandma who has always…
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08 February 2019
News
IDP sites in western Ethiopia in critical need of UNFPA support
The three-day visit between 3 and 5 February by a UNFPA delegation to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) sites in the East Wellega Zone of the Oromia Region in wester Ethiopia…
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