15 March 2011
Press Release
YANGON – Four strategic priorities and key elements of the new Strategic Framework for the United Nations in Myanmar were presented today at the monthly Humanitarian Partnership…
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News
BANGKOK – Promoting equal access to education, sexual and reproductive health services, and employment opportunities is crucial to ensuring gender equality and women’s empowerment…
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Statement
"When girls are educated and healthy, and can avoid early marriage, unwanted pregnancy and HIV, they can contribute fully to society," states UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde…
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News
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The United Nations Security Council, in resolutions 1325 and 1820, recognized that women and girls need protection and support during and following all…
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Press Release
VIENTIANE – Efforts to improve the health of women and children living in remote areas of Lao PDR have been given an important boost with the signing of a Memorandum of…
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News
Thirty years after the first case of AIDS was diagnosed, 90 per cent of countries in the region still have laws that act as barriers to HIV response. For example, 16 Asia-Pacific…
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This 4-minute video highlights the recently approved National Action Plan in Nepal to implement UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820, which call for women’s full…
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Press Release
COLOMBO – The United Nations continues to support the Government of Sri Lanka to help over a million flood-affected people. In recent days, the north-east monsoon had caused…
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News
Family planning is widely practised in Asia, but it remains controversial in the Philippines. The Congress there is debating a bill that would make contraceptives available to…
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