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RHIYA Programme Officially Ends, But Its Legacy Continues

BRUSSELS – The EU/UNFPA Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia (RHIYA) officially ended last week, but its legacy will continue, according to a number of speakers at the high-level conference ‘Adolescent…

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Providing Maternal Health Care in Ecuador's Amazon Region

ORELLANA PROVINCE, Ecuador — Widman Jimenez, a farmer in Ecuador’s fertile, but sometimes tumultuous Amazon region, has the intensity of someone who is driven by a cause.

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UN Heads Welcome New Campaign to Avert Maternal and Child Deaths, and Norway's $1 Billion Pledge

UNITED NATIONS, New York — Women leaders of the United Nations welcomed today’s launch of a global campaign to eliminate maternal and child deaths around the world.

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Delivering Hope to Women with Fistula in Niger

NIAMEY, Niger — Fifty-five-year-old Hanna Moussa keeps a carefully wrapped bar of soap with her at all times.

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A New Declaration Enshrines the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

NEW YORK, NY — Twenty-five years after consultations on the subject began, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a landmark declaration on the rights of indigenous people by an overwhelming majority.

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Fistula Fundraiser Nets $140,000

LONDON, United Kingdom — A recent celebrity bowl-a-thon at London’s All Star Lanes hosted by Australian singer/actress Natalie Imbruglia and Virgin Unite, charitable arm of the Virgin Group, raised more than $140,000…

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Call for Nominations for the 2008 United Nations Population Award

UNITED NATIONS, New York — Each spring for the last quarter century, the has recognized outstanding contributions to the field of population and development.

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The Women's Centres of Darfur Offer an Oasis Away From the Hardship of Camps

SAKALI, South Darfur, Sudan — Awatif was teaching Arabic and the Koran in her classroom in her village when she heard planes overhead and felt the earth tremble as bombs began to drop.

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Dispatches from Darfur: Caring for the Ones who Care for Others

DARFUR, Sudan — Since the conflict began in the Darfur region of western Sudan in 2003, over 200,000 people have been killed and more than two million have been displaced.

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