Go Back
Go Back
Go Back
Go Back
-
Ending unmet need for family planning
Ending maternal mortality
Ending gender-based violence and harmful practices
Responding to population matters
Ensuring rights and choices for all
News & Stories
News & Stories
News
Sex Education is a Young Person's Right
25 May 2012
When five out of every 100 girls aged 15-19 in a country say they have been pregnant at one point in their lives, you probably want to sit up and listen. And then you want to do…
Read story
Press Release
UNFPA and Indonesia's Population and Family Planning Board Launch ICPD Beyond 2014 Review
25 May 2012
JAKARTA – UNFPA and the National Population and Family Planning Board launched today in Indonesia a review of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)…
Read story
Press Release
Maternal Deaths Halved in 20 Years, but Faster Progress Needed
16 May 2012
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to new estimates released today by…
Read story
News
Aiming for Change
16 May 2012
KUALA LUMPUR – Around 100 delegates from civil society organizations from 31countries across the Asia-Pacific region, gathered from 2-5 May at a meeting organised by the Asia…
Read story
Press Release
UNFPA Executive Director Meets Thai Permanent Secretary of Public Health, Urges Action to Support Young People’s Reproductive Health and Rights
16 May 2012
BANGKOK – Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, and Dr. Paijit Warachit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, met today to discuss Thailand’s…
Read story
News
Inclusion of Protections for Women and Girls Central to Transition Security Sector Framework
12 May 2012
The Government of Afghanistan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should ensure that protections for women and girls are a central component of transition and post…
Read story
News
Working from Within
10 May 2012
In the last couple of months, Fiji has seen some of its worst flooding, particularly in the Western Division and the upper reaches of the Sigatoka River. Floodwaters wreaked havoc…
Read story
News
Discrimination Begins Before Birth
08 May 2012
Since Amartya Sen first brought global attention in the 1990s to Asia's "missing women," the problem of prenatal sex selection has worsened in a number of countries in the region,…
Read story
News
UNFPA Promotes Midwifery and Natural Delivery in China
07 May 2012
BEIJING – While China’s promotion of hospital deliveries in the past 20 years has significantly reduced maternal mortality, midwifery education and support have not received…
Read story