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International Women's Day: "Empowering Rural Women -- Ending Poverty and Hunger"
08 March 2012
"UNFPA renews its commitment to gender equality and human rights and dignity," states Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin in his message on the International Women's Day 2012.
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Press Release
Policy Dialogue Calls for Empowerment of Rural Women in Viet Nam
07 March 2012
HA NOI – Coordinated by UNFPA and UN Women, the United Nations in Viet Nam, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), and the National Committee for the…
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Gender Equality and Its Progress in Lao PDR Discussed
05 March 2012
VIENTIANE – To mark the International Women's Day, the Lao National Commission for the Advancement of Women and the Lao Women's Union organized the seminar "Gender Equality and…
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Asia-Pacific Makes Big Gains Against Poverty, But Slow to Reduce Hunger, Child and Maternal Deaths
17 February 2012
NEW DELHI – The Asia-Pacific region has made great strides in reducing poverty and is moving fast towards other development goals, but levels of hunger and child and maternal…
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Teaming Up to Provide Maternal Care Following Severe Floods in the Philippines
17 February 2012
NORTHERN MINDANAO, Philippines – In the midst of the severe flooding brought on by tropical storm Washi, Analiza Tumanda was resigned to the idea of giving birth on the rooftop of…
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Rewarding the Heroic Work of Midwives in Afghanistan
20 January 2012
KABUL – In mid-December, Maliha walked for five days to reach Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, in northeastern Afghanistan, to receive her award as best midwife in the…
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Our Human Footprint
17 January 2012
In June this year, the 'world' will meet in Brazil for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development or Rio+20 – twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio where…
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UNFPA Joins the 'Hellosmile' Global Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer
17 January 2012
TOKYO – UNFPA has joined Tokyo FM Radio and other Japanese partners – including the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; Sanrio, maker of the popular Hello Kitty…
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At the Heart of Sex Selection, a Preference for Boys
16 January 2012
The sex-ratio imbalance that has plagued certain Asian countries has been increasing in the last few years with one exception, the Republic of Korea, while a few European…
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