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Six UN Agencies Call for Intensified Efforts to Help Adolescent Girls
NEW YORK — Adolescent girls have often been missing in policy and programming. Yet many believe that their well-being the key to eliminating poverty, achieving social justice, stabilizing the population, and preventing…
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54th Commission on the Status of Women Opening Calls for Action on Gender Equality
UNITED NATIONS – At the opening of the 54th Commission on the Status of Women, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro cited the need to move from commitments to action on gender equality. In an afternoon high-level…
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Recruiting Ethnic Minority Midwives to Meet Mothers' Needs in Remote Areas of Viet Nam
HA GIANG TOWN, Viet Nam — Long distances, poor roads, poverty and traditional customs for dealing with pregnancy and delivery are factors that lead to many home deliveries in this mountainous region. As a way to protect…
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Momentum Builds for Acccelerated Action to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health
UNITED NATIONS — Seeking to galvanize commitment and action, drive effective implementation, and ensure accountability for results, the UN Secretary-General, with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the…
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Young People and Pop Idol Help Out in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — By recruiting and training young people, UNFPA is providing some structure for them, as well as capitalizing on their energy and enthusiasm. Young people, aged 15-24, represent 22.7 per cent of Haiti’s…
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Most Maternal Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa Could Be Avoided
<p>SCIENCEDAILY --- Maternal mortality is a good indicator of a country's healthcare situation and of the inequalities between men and women, according to a study of 45 African countries from 1997 to 2006.…
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Goodwill Ambassador Visits Fistula Ward in Tanzania
DAR-ES-SALAAM, Tanzania — Yuko Arimori, an Olympic marathon medalist from Japan came to Tanzania to participate in the Ekiden Run for Peace in the heart of Ulyankulu Settlement for Burundian refugees. The event was…
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UNFPA Helps Plan and Monitor Successful DPRK Census
PYONGYANG, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea — More than 35,000 North Koreans fanned out all over their country during the first half of October 2008 to knock on every door and interview an adult from every…
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Reports Document Epidemic of Gender-based Violence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
NEW YORK — Nearly all young women in Azerbaijan (99 per cent) say they have experienced physical abuse. Nearly half (45 per cent) of young Turkish women believe that wife beating may be justified for reasons such as…
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