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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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New Tool to Manage Gender-Based Violence Programmes in Emergencies
Gender-based violence (GBV) kills or disables as many women aged between 15 and 44 as cancer does. In nearly every modern day conflict and disaster, reports of gender-based violence have revealed the various ways in…
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After ‘I do’: Linking Marriage Ceremonies with Sexuality Education in Viet Nam
HA LONG CITY, Viet Nam -- In several provinces of Viet Nam, a new twist has been added to the traditional marriage ceremony. After the bride and groom say their “I do’s”, the officiate pronounces them husband and wife.…
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People, Population Dynamics and Sustainable Development: The Link between Cairo and Rio
UNITED NATIONS, New York — In her first public address as UNFPA's New Deputy Executive Director (Management), Ms. Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen emphasized that sustainable development strategies must take account of…
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Building Demand for Long-Acting Contraceptives in Southern Ethiopia
WOLAITA SODO, Ethiopia — It’s no ordinary day for Fanaye Fanta. This is the first time she has inserted a slim plastic rod (Implanon), which serves as a long-acting contraceptive, into a woman’s arm.
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Obstetric Fistula in Pakistan - Another Blight on the Child Bride
<p>KARACHI --- It was personal experience that turned Gul Bano and her cleric husband, Ahmed Khan, into ambassadors against early marriage and its worst corollary – obstetric fistula which allows excretory matter…
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After the Floods: Preventing Gender-based Violence in Colombia
<p>Some 180 women from communities affected by flooding and armed violence in Colombia’s Córdoba department have come together in the town of Santa Cruz de Lorica to build a women’s shelter.</p>
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Counting the World: New Documentary Explores the Census
Counting is one of the most basic intellectual tasks that children learn as a way to understand their world. This simple task, taken to the national level in the form of a population and housing census, becomes one of…
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Global Lawmakers Adopt Resolution to Support Maternal and Child Health
KAMPALA -- The Inter-Parliamentary Union, the world’s largest body of lawmakers, has approved a resolution to secure access to health, as a basic human right, for women and children.
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