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Task Force to Kick Start Cairo Goals
<p>UNITED NATIONS --- Gathered at the Ford Foundation in New York Monday, international luminaries, family planning experts and women’s rights activists repeatedly expressed a common sentiment: “I cannot believe…
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Addressing Population Challenges Is More Urgent Than Ever, UNFPA Executive Director Tells Asian Demographers
BANGKOK -- Dramatic demographic changes in Asia, coupled with persistent social inequality, require countries to urgently tackle population concerns with foresight and justice, the head of UNFPA said today at a…
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Keeping Young People at the Heart of Development
Almost 20 years ago, 179 Member States convening at the International Conference on Population and Development agreed to protect the rights of young people, particularly in the areas of sexual and reproductive health.
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Giving Millions of Women the Right to Decide How Many Children to Have – and When
Marking World Population Day at the London Summit on Family Planning, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin committed UNFPA to helping nations ensure that every woman is free to exercise her right to access…
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Former UNFPA Leaders Praise London Summit as Transformative Moment for Family Planning
<p>On World Population Day, two former UNFPA Executive Directors, Dr. Nafis Sadik and Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, released the following statement calling on the world to prioritize the work of the London Summit on…
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Executive Director Visits Rocinha, One of South America’s Largest Slums
FAVELA DA ROCINHA, Brazil --- Promptly at 7 am, on the third day of his mission to the Rio+20 conference, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin set out in another direction.
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Rio+20: Nations Renew Agreements on Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Youth and Women’s Empowerment
RIO DE JANEIRO —On the eve of the official opening of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Member States announced that they had agreed on the Conference’s outcome document, The Future We Want.
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The Road to Rio Goes Through Cairo
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York -- UNFPA rightly believes the road to Rio goes via Cairo - and that sustainable development and population are inextricably linked.</p>
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Secretary-General Stresses Need for Reproductive Health Care for Young People
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need to provide reproductive health care for young people, as well as give them access to the necessary information and the means to…
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