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02 December 2021
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Championing health sector response to end gender-based violence in Timor-Leste
Amid COVID-19, emerging data show that violence against women and girls is on the rise globally and in Timor-Leste - a country that already had one of the highest prevalence rates…
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02 December 2021
Press Release
Prioritize needs of women and girls in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan – With International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November launching 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, UNFPA, the…
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01 December 2021
Statement
Pandemics will thrive as long as inequalities do
As the world embarks on a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot forget that we are also on the cusp of the fifth decade of the AIDS pandemic. The continued spread of…
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29 November 2021
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Heartbreak, gratitude and relief: An enumerator’s journey in conducting Sri Lanka’s first-ever survey on violence against women
As an enumerator for Sri Lanka’s first national violence against women (VAW) prevalence survey, Udani Elpitiya heard countless painful stories like this when she went door-to-door…
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25 November 2021
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Restoring health and dignity of gender-based violence survivors in Papua New Guinea
“I remember a gender-based violence survivor who had everything taken away from her,” recalls Gemma Losema, a Community Health Worker in Papua New Guinea. “She was in a very…
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25 November 2021
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Heartache, compassion and appreciation: How collecting data on violence against women transformed an enumerator in Viet Nam
As an enumerator for two studies measuring the prevalence of violence against women in Viet Nam - the first conducted in 2010, and the follow-up survey in 2019 - Ms. Vu Thi Xuan…
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11 October 2021
Statement
UNFPA Statement on the International Day of the Girl 2021
We celebrate girls in the digital generation. Yet, we also call urgent attention to those left behind by the digital divide.
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08 October 2021
News
Using National Transfer Accounts for Policy Advancement across Asia-Pacific
For over a decade, academics, national officers, experts, and policy planners across Asia have become acquainted with the methodology of National Transfer Accounts, which explores…
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07 October 2021
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A simple solution fends off child marriage amid COVID-19 in Nepal
Rupantaran engages adolescent girls across Nepal who are at high risk of early and forced marriage and other obstacles that dissolve their ability to reach their full potential.
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