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'Cultural Tradition' is No Excuse for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
<p>WASHINGTON, D. C. --- Governments, international agencies and non-governmental organizations are making progress toward ending female genital mutilation/cutting, or FGM/C, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary…
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New Website, ICPD Beyond 2014, is Launched
UNITED NATIONS -- Many young leaders around the world are too young to remember the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, which took place in Cairo. But the plan that emerged from the conference…
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Mobilizing Men by Exploring Ways that Equality Benefits All
“Men who abuse women misuse power,” says the sticker on the back of a boda boda taxi in Nairobi. The words point to imbalances in prevailing gender norms and to the role men need to play in changing power dynamics.
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Development Policy and the Challenge of Growth
BERLIN --- The paramount challenge of this century is to meet the needs of 7 billion human beings now – and the billions to come – while protecting the intricate balance of nature that sustains life, UNFPA Executive…
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Sudan: The Campaign against Cutting Goes to School
GADARIF, Sudan — When Ahfad University for Women in Omdurman began offering a course in community development in the 1990s meant for mature, illiterate women farmers, the main goal was to expand the students’ role in…
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Two More Corners of Ethiopia Call for an End to Genital Cutting
ARAR REGION, Ethiopia — In a ceremony of poetry, drama and music, the Buremudaytu and Argoba districts in the Afar region officially abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting earlier this month.
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Next Three Years to Set Stage for New Development Frontiers, UNFPA Leader Says
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The next three years are critical for the global development agenda, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin declared today at the UNFPA Executive Board's first formal session…
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More Communities in Senegal Disavow Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting
PATA, Senegal — As Senegal edges closer to becoming the first African country to fully abandon the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting, younger women are supporting campaigns to change social norms surrounding…
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Catalyzing Powerful Partnerships: UNFPA Executive Director at Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland – Each January this Swiss resort village becomes a dynamic centre of world attention as some of its most important leaders and thinkers gather to share ideas at the World Economic Forum.
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