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Microcredit Project Enables Girls to Start a Trade While Teaching Them HIV Prevention
N’DJAMENA, Chad — About 30 young women gaze with rapt attention as another recounts the story of a rural girl cast out of her family’s home after becoming pregnant.
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UNFPA Executive Director Promises Computers to Health Clinic in Dhaka and Urges Imams to Champion Rights of Women
<p align="left"> <strong>DHAKA, Bangladesh</strong> — On the third and final day of an official visit to Bangladesh, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations…
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Fistula Centre in Bangladesh Receives Praise and Support from UNFPA Executive Director
<p align="left"> <strong>DHAKA, Bangladesh</strong> — Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today visited the Fistula Centre in the Dhaka…
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Frank Talk about Sensitive Subjects: Youth-Friendly Services in Viet Nam
HANOI, Viet Nam — Hoai Anh is adamant about making the right choices in life, particularly when it comes to relationships and the right to have reproductive health information and services tailored to the special needs…
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Secretary-General Donates Proceeds of Culture Award to UNFPA-led Project
UNITED NATIONS, New York — United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan accepted the first Seville Node Between Cultures Award in Spain on Monday and immediately pledged its monetary prize to a UNFPA-led joint initiative…
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European Parliamentarians Visit Youth Projects in Bangladesh
BANGLADESH— Grinning with nervousness and excitement, a group of teenagers stands up and asks rapid-fire questions: What’s your name? How old are you? Are you married? How old were you when you were married? How and…
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Serial Melodrama: From Selling Soap to Social Change
UNITED NATIONS, New York — With their tales of love and betrayal, suspense and romance, vengeance and forgiveness, radio and television melodramas captivate wide audiences in every part of the world.
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Adult Education Offers New Opportunities and Options to Iranian Women
AHVAZ, Islamic Republic of Iran — Flying over Khuzestan, a southwest Iranian province, one can see a vast expanse of arid plains punctuated by the flaring of gas fires at dozens of oil drilling rigs.
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UNFPA Launches National Campaign to End Fistula in Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, New York — The first ever national campaign to end fistula in Pakistan was launched by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in Karachi last week.
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