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Heartbreak, gratitude and relief: An enumerator’s journey in conducting Sri Lanka’s first-ever survey on violence against women
29 November 2021
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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Restoring health and dignity of gender-based violence survivors in Papua New Guinea
25 November 2021
“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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Heartache, compassion and appreciation: How collecting data on violence against women transformed an enumerator in Viet Nam
25 November 2021
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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UNFPA Statement on the International Day of the Girl 2021
11 October 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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Using National Transfer Accounts for Policy Advancement across Asia-Pacific
08 October 2021
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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A simple solution fends off child marriage amid COVID-19 in Nepal
07 October 2021
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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In India, mobile phone edutainment helps prevent child marriage
07 October 2021
“The girl told me she did not want to get married and wanted to study so I did whatever I could to help her."
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PRESS RELEASE: As women and girls bear the brunt of the crisis, UNFPA urgently seeks $29.2 million to save and protect lives in Afghanistan
13 September 2021
There is an immediate and pressing need for the international community to step up and respond to the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan at scale, to save lives,…
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Statement of UNFPA on situation in Afghanistan
16 August 2021
UNFPA joins the United Nations Secretary-General and the international community in expressing its deep concern about the grave humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan. It is…
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