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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
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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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14 August 2019
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Ethiopia Launched the National Costed Roadmap on Child Marriage and FGM/C
Ethiopia launched National Roadmap on Child Marriage and FGM/C costed USD 94 million to embody Ethiopia’s effort to achieve the SDG to eliminate all harmful…
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17 July 2019
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UNFPA and UNICEF Jointly Signed Work Plans with the Ethiopian Government
UNFPA and UNICEF today jointly signed work plans with the Federal and Regional governments of Ethiopia. The work plans worth more than USD 10 million will be implemented in the…
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11 July 2019
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day
Want to improve women’s lives and countries’ prospects for prosperity? Expand contraceptive choice. Her life. Her choice. Our future. Women have a right to…
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02 July 2019
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Active male engagement strengthening efforts at ending FGM and child marriage in Afar Region
Twenty-five year old Falum Zeinu has been participating in the Integrated Programme on the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Child Marriage being implemented in…
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20 June 2019
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Empowering women to take decisions on their wellbeing
“Before the start of the programme in my locality, women were perceived as property of men with no meaningful involvement in the community,” says forty-three year-old Zewditu…
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