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News & Stories
Statement
Accelerating progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
20 May 2020
UNFPA Statement on the occasion of the 7th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development.
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News
kNOwVAWdata on Devex & Facebook Live webinar: How unconventional data can inform gender-based violence responses
19 May 2020
In this webinar by Devex and Facebook, kNOwVAWdata shares insights about how unconventional data sources can be used to inform gender-based violence responses during COVID-19,…
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News
Break the silence! UNFPA's statement for IDAHOBIT
17 May 2020
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” That's the premise of this important day.
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In Nepal, COVID-19 turning pregnancy excitement into fear
15 May 2020
KATHMANDU, Nepal – In far-western Nepal, Dhana Bhatt is waiting out the last weeks of her pregnancy, a time that should be joyful. But her anticipation has turned into…
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Midwives – celebrate, demonstrate, mobilize, unite
15 May 2020
A commemoration in Indonesia underscores midwives’ lifesaving role – including amid COVID-19. For one UNFPA Indonesia colleague, the issue is personal as well.
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Press Release
Lifesaving supplies reach pandemic frontline responders in the southern Philippines
14 May 2020
Healthcare workers in Muslim Mindanao receive a significant shipment of personal protective equipment, Dignity Kits and triage tents for field facilities.
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Delivery in a time of coronavirus: One mother's story
10 May 2020
Priyanka Chaudhury Raina, whose foundation in India supports sexual and reproductive health, recounts her own pregnancy and childbirth amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Statement
Global response to COVID-19 must address rights and needs of women and girls
10 May 2020
On Mother's Day, the heads of UNFPA and OCHA take a gender lens to the global response to COVID-19 and explain what's at stake for billions of women facing the pandemic.
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COVID-19: Has it become too dangerous to measure violence against women? (By Devex)
08 May 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, organizations are racing to measure the rate of violence against women, which is projected to rise around the world due to lockdown orders. The…
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