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Lao PDR Celebrates the "Month of Midwives"
15 June 2012
Normally, the International Day of the Midwives is celebrated on the fifth of May, but in Laos, the Ministry of Health has designated June as the "Month of Midwives" to ensure…
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Lao PDR Gets Ready for the ICPD Beyond 2014 Review
14 June 2012
VIENTIANE – The Ministry of Planning and Investment, with support from UNFPA, organized the first consultation meeting in Lao PDR to review the ICPD’s Programme of Action at the…
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UNFPA Supports Indonesia on Population Data for Disaster Management
14 June 2012
JAKARTA – UNFPA is pleased to facilitate collaboration between the National Disaster Management Agency and the Central Agency on Statistics that has resulted in the provision of…
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Police Officers Graduate from Training on Gender Based Violence
12 June 2012
DILI – Over 20 police officers from Policia Nacional de Timor-Leste had graduated from a specialized two-week training course on Gender Based Violence (GBV) investigations. The…
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New Report Documents Good Practices in Reproductive Health Programmes in the Philippines
12 June 2012
Quality reproductive health care for women is the very foundation where healthy families and a strong nation are built on. This, in essence, is the message conveyed by “Investing…
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Youth from 11 Countries Strengthen Advocacy Skills Through Advanced Training
11 June 2012
BANGKOK – “Young people are afraid to talk about sex with parents. They are afraid to share their curiosity even with doctor or teacher,” said Anan Bouapha, a 25-year-old Laotian…
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More Pacific Countries to Conduct Studies on Violence Against Women
06 June 2012
SUVA – Five countries in the South Pacific region will soon begin national studies of the prevalence and patterns of violence against women, after technical preparations for core…
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UNFPA and Afghanistan’s Central Statistics Organization Release Socio Demographic and Economic Survey Results for Bamiyan Province
30 May 2012
KABUL – Abdul Rahman Ghafoori, President of Central Statistics Organization (CSO), Laurent Zessler, UNFPA Representative in Afghanistan, and Makoto Matsuda, Counselor from the…
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Executive Director: Mission to Manila and Beyond
25 May 2012
MANILA – In a whirlwind two-day mission to the Philippines, Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, met with President…
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