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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
A world where all girls can be happy is simply a better world
11 July 2016
A message from Yoriko Yasukawa, UNFPA's Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific
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Statement
Message for World Population Day 2016
11 July 2016
A central objective of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development is to leave no one behind.
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News
After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows
08 June 2016
For 49 years, a traumatic childbirth injury left Noorjahan living in the shadows. A prolonged, obstructed labour, and lack of emergency maternal health care, left her with an…
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Safer childbirth, stronger nations
26 May 2016
Statement by Yoriko Yasukawa, UNFPA's Asia-Pacific Regional Director
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Blogging the World Humanitarian Summit - Day 2
25 May 2016
Youth leader and activist Chloe Reynaldo blogs on day two of the global gathering.
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Blogging the World Humanitarian Summit - Day 1
24 May 2016
Youth leader and activist Chloe Reynaldo blogs on day one of the global gathering.
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Humanitarian action saves thousands of lives across Asia and the Pacific: UNFPA report
23 May 2016
80% of all natural disasters strike in Asia and the Pacific. UNFPA provides lifesaving care and support to women, girls and youth across the region.
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Time to Put Women and Young People at Centre of Humanitarian Action
23 May 2016
Opinion piece by UNFPA's Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin.
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Statement
Ending fistula within a generation
23 May 2016
Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United…
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