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22 November 2016
State of World Population 2016 highlights importance of investments in adolescent girls
The State of World Population 2016 report bearing the theme “10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age” was launched at an event organized today. The…
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21 November 2016
UNFPA facilitates study tour for a Swazi delegation
A team of sexual and reproductive health and maternal health experts drawn from the Ministry of Health of Swaziland and UNFPA paid a five-day visit to Ethiopia to take lessons…
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27 October 2016
Workshop endorses assessment on adolescent and youth-friendly health services
A workshop was held today aimed at validating the assessment carried out in Ethiopia on adolescent and youth-friendly health services. The assessment was supported by the Eastern…
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11 October 2016
Statement
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October 2016
“Is anyone out there even thinking of improving our lives?” asks Susmita, a teenager from Odisha, India. Susmita has never gone to school. She tends the few…
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15 September 2016
Senior Government Officials meet development partners on Ethiopian Census
Two senior officials of the Ethiopian Government today met various development partners to discuss on how the latter could contribute resources for the undertaking of the…
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10 August 2016
Asian-African Parliamentarian Meeting taking place
A three-day meeting of Asian-African Parliamentarians kicked off today in Ethiopia. Parliamentarians from several countries in Asia and Africa as well as one from European and…
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08 August 2016
Afambo Woreda in Afar Region abandons child marriage and FGM
Three kebeles (localities) in the Afambo Woreda (District) in the Afar Region in Ethiopia publicly declared abandonment of child marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at a…
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08 August 2016
Press Release
UNFPA calls for increased support to protect safety, health, rights of South Sudan’s women, girls
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 8 August 2016 – As fighting in South Sudan continues, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is concerned about the reported increase in…
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01 August 2016
News
UNFPA receives prize at a Regional Health Festival
UNFPA was recognized with a prize by the Tigray Regional State at the Health Festival that was held in the Region on July 29th, 2016 for its unreserved contribution in support of…
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