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As Many Afghans Head Home, UN Assists Refugees Who Remain in Pakistan
SHALMAN REFUGEE CAMP, Khyber Agency, Pakistan -- Tens of thousands of displaced Afghans are returning home on the road from Peshawar to Jalabad. But in this desolate place not far from the border, thousands more are…
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UN Population Fund Continues Work to Make Motherhood Safer in Kabul
KABUL - The Shuhada Clinic in bombed-out western Kabul serves a population of 100,000. A vast wasteland separates the poor neighbourhood from the city proper. At night after curfew it is a dangerous no-go zone, cutting…
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UNFPA Executive Director Asks Monterrey Conferees to Invest More in Women
<p class="bodytext"> <b>MONTERREY, Mexico</b> -- Thoraya A. Obaid, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), today called on world leaders gathered here to give women…
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Empowering Young Women in Bangladesh
It is late afternoon and a pale February sun casts shafts of golden light through the shade trees surrounding a small square in the quiet village of Bibir Bazar, buried deep in the pancake-flat rice country of southern…
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UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Seeks More Support for HIV/AIDS Efforts
BRUSSELS -- In a recent meeting at the Belgian Parliament, a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Face to Face Spokesperson and popular television personality, Goedele Liekens, urged…
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Kabul Maternity Hospitals Lack Equipment and Supplies; Help from UNFPA Is on the Way
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- The small surgery in the Khair Khana 52-Beds Hospital smells of blood. (Actually it is more a clinic than a hospital.).
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Afghan Women’s Affairs Minister Outlines Her Priorities
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- Dr. Sima Samar, Afghanistan’s interim Minister for Women’s Affairs, is a woman in a hurry.
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Population Fund Moves Fast to Aid Afghanistan’s Recovery
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- “When we asked for help in reconstructing an office for our ministry, UNFPA really acted quickly,” says Dr. Sima Samar, Minster for Women’s Affairs in Afghanistan’s interim administration.
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Afghan NGOs Provide Maternal Care Despite Shortage of Skilled Staff
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- A severe shortage of trained female doctors and midwives is a major obstacle to extending reproductive health care to Afghan women.
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