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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
Putting People First in Pakistan's Development Agenda
06 November 2015
Islamabad, Pakistan - The importance of family planning underpinned by individual rights was a key theme at the 2015 Pakistan Population Summit, held in Islamabad on November 5-6…
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Youth in Papua New Guinea take the future in their hands
05 November 2015
Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea - Grace Lasi was one of many children who grew up in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ARoB) during the Bougainville…
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Statement
Statement on China's population policy changes
30 October 2015
Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, notes the important…
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Nepal Earthquake: Six Months Later
25 October 2015
The April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, the country's worst in almost a century, caused devastation on a massive scale. But it also brought people together to help rebuild…
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Statement
The UN at 70: Don’t Give Up
24 October 2015
Yoriko Yasukawa is Regional Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Asia-Pacific Regional Office The 70th anniversary of the United Nations is a good…
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Statement
Secretary-General's message for United Nations Day
24 October 2015
National flags are a mark of pride and patriotism in every country around the world. But there is only one flag that belongs to all of us. That blue flag of the United…
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Grim but essential, autopsies are saving lives in Bangladesh
22 October 2015
MOHESHALI, Bangladesh – Something went terribly wrong when Asta Banu gave birth. Her labour was difficult and seemed to take forever. When the baby – a boy …
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Statement
A New Era in the Fight against Poverty
17 October 2015
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty The International Day for the Eradication of…
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She Holds the World in her Hands: Power of the Adolescent Girl - Vision for 2030
11 October 2015
International Day of the Girl Child What kind of future do we wish to create for Asia and the Pacific? The answer to that sweeping question, in large part, lies in how we…
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