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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
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New birthing facility provides better health care options for indigenous peoples in Philippines
13 October 2014
SITIO GAWASAN, Philippines – The road from Sitio Gawasan to the nearest village health centre is a long one. Accessible only by foot or a bumpy motorcycle ride through unpaved…
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Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence
10 October 2014
Today on the International Day of the Girl Child, I join every person around the world who believes that adolescent girls should live free of violence and discrimination. We are…
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In Viet Nam, the "Story of a Girl Child" echoes harrowing tale of prenatal sex selection
10 October 2014
HANOI, Viet Nam – "When I was inside your womb, I felt your care and love given to me each day. When you discovered I was not the son you and Dad had dreamed of, you suffered…
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UNFPA responds to needs of most vulnerable as displaced population surges in northern Pakistan
03 October 2014
BANNU DISTRICT, Pakistan – When Farhat Begum heard that the ongoing military operations in North Waziristan had displaced more than one million people, she knew that it was time…
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Leaving no one behind, promoting a society for all
01 October 2014
On this 24th International Day of Older Persons, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, joins the worldwide celebration of longevity and acknowledges the contributions that…
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Human rights, dignity must form cornerstone of future sustainable development
23 September 2014
UNITED NATIONS, New York – “We cannot talk about sustainable development without addressing women’s empowerment, gender inequality, and discrimination and violence,” said UNFPA’s…
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Investing in young people to beat the odds in the Blue Continent
22 September 2014
FIJI, South Pacific – When Bobby Shing’s grandmother died in 2001, it was a turning point. The musician from Aneityum, one of the most remote islands of Vanuatu, was just a child…
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In Thailand’s refugee camps, shifting attitudes about sexual and reproductive health
16 September 2014
MAE SOT, Thailand – Visiting a sexual and reproductive health clinic may seem ordinary for many women. But this is not the case for Saba, a 21-year-old mother who has been living…
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Ageing population doesn’t have to be a ‘time bomb’, Asia conference hears
01 September 2014
CHIANG MAI, Thailand—The predicted catastrophe resulting from the rapid ageing of Asian populations is not inevitable, experts said today at a regional conference of the HelpAge…
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