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Ending unmet need for family planning
Ending maternal mortality
Ending gender-based violence and harmful practices
Responding to population matters
Ensuring rights and choices for all
News & Stories
News & Stories
Statement
You don’t know me but I’m your brother…
09 December 2016
Statement to mark Human Rights Day by Yoriko Yasukawa, UNFPA’s Director for Asia and the Pacific. This is a line from ‘Taking it to the Streets,’ a Doobie…
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Generations unite for development in Sri Lanka
09 December 2016
Sri Lanka is in the midst of demographic dividend, but time is short to reap the most gains from it.
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Statement
Safeguarding women and girls affected by the crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
29 November 2016
Safeguarding women and girls affected by the crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
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Violence against women – a heartbreak in Myanmar
24 November 2016
“Some women are very upset and are not able to immediately explain what has happened. I have to help them relax and become calm before they can talk.”
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Statement
Empowering women and girls requires renewed efforts to end violence and harmful practices
24 November 2016
Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25…
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Blogging the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction: Part 2
05 November 2016
Philippines youth leader and peer educator Chloe Reynaldo blogs from inside a top-level gathering to tackle the risks from disasters.
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Success: Asia Regional DRR Plan enshrines universal access to SRH services, GBV prevention and response, women's leadership
05 November 2016
The Asian Regional Plan for Implementation of the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction reflects key aspects of UNFPA's mandate.
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Putting women and girls at the centre of disaster risk reduction
04 November 2016
Speech by Yoriko Yasukawa, UNFPA Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
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Blogging the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
04 November 2016
Philippines youth leader and peer educator Chloe Reynaldo blogs from inside a top-level gathering to tackle the risks from disasters.
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