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Statement
My Body, My Life, My World!
12 August 2019
On International Youth Day 2019, a brand new rallying cry for the SDG generation.
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Statement: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
30 July 2019
Statement by Dr Natalia Kanem Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund Trafficking in persons exploits the most vulnerable among us, those often already…
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kNOwVAWdata has updated knowledge products
26 July 2019
kNOwVAWdata regularly produces and updates knowledge products about violence against women prevalence surveys and our work. Find links to these knowledge products here.
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Monsoon season hits Bangladesh
16 July 2019
Rohingya refugees and the local host communities of Cox’s Bazar District in Bangladesh continue to display immense resiliency amid the harsh conditions inflicted by the…
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Statement: World Population Day 2019
11 July 2019
Want to improve women's lives and countries' prosperity? Expand contraceptive choice.
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Barcode technology transforms access to family planning in the Philippines
05 June 2019
UNFPA-supported "Track and Trace" project is innovative and easy to implement.
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Menstruation is not a girls' or women’s issue – it’s a human rights issue
28 May 2019
Menstruation is a natural, and essential, part of the reproductive cycle; roughly half the human population has or will experience it. But too often, menstruation is shrouded…
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Fistula is a human rights violation – end it now!
23 May 2019
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem for the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula Shame, isolation and segregation are among the…
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International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
17 May 2019
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem Human rights are inherent to all human beings, and every person, without distinction, is entitled to a life free from…
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