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Women Deliver 2013 Conference

State of World Population Report 2012

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In Fiji, UNFPA Chief Stresses Women's Empowerment, Girls Education

SUVA, Fiji —  If alarming rates of violence against women are to be effectively addressed, the status of women needs to be elevated.  UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin emphasized the fundamental, often unacknowledged, contributions of women – to families, communities and economies – during the launch of the  Pacific Regional ICPD Review report. The persistence of alarming rates of gender-based violence is one of the critical issues in the region. more

Minority Midwives at the Centre of Viet Nam’s Strategy to Reduce Maternal and Child Deaths

HA NOI—In an effort to make childbirth safer for ethnic minority women, who typically give birth at home, Viet Nam has trained 1,000 minority midwives from 30 provinces. Chamaléa Thi Thue, from the Rac Lay ethnic group, is one of them. more

VIA Screening Turns a New Page in Preventing Cervical Cancer in the Maldives

MALE’, the Maldives--To better prevent and treat cervical cancer, the Ministry of Health and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, have begun to promote a new methodology to detect the virus responsible. more

Strengthening Birth and Death Registration

19 April 2013, BANGKOK - At the first-ever Global Summit on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) that concluded today in Bangkok, governments, UN and development agencies made a global Call to Action to ensure that important life events such as births and deaths as well as the causes of death are registered for every person. more

Myanmar Tests Procedures for Its 2014 Census

YANGON—The Myanmar Government with support from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, undertook a pilot census exercise from 30 March to 10 April to prepare for a nationwide census in 2014, the country’s first in 30 years. more
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Myanmar Tests Procedures for Its 2014 Census

The Myanmar Government with support from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, undertook a pilot census exercise from 30 March to 10 April 2013 to prepare for a nationwide census in 2014, the country's first in 30 years.
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7:32 min. December 2012
UNFPA APRO Regional Director Speech at Global Youth Forum 2012

Asia-Pacific Regional Director Nobuko Horibe addresses the closing ceremony of the ICPD Global Youth Forum 2012.

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7:32 min. November 2012
Socio-demographic and Economic Survey in Bamiyan, Afghanistan

The Central Statistics Organization (CSO) of Afghanistan has begun a large-scale survey, starting with the Bamiyan province.

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8:36 min. October 2012
Let Girls Choose Their Future

While half of all Nepali girls are married before 18 and denied an education, a growing number, informed of their rights, are resisting child marriage.

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