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Giving Millions of Women the Right to Decide How Many Children to Have – and When
Marking World Population Day at the London Summit on Family Planning, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin committed UNFPA to helping nations ensure that every woman is free to exercise her right to access…
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Former UNFPA Leaders Praise London Summit as Transformative Moment for Family Planning
<p>On World Population Day, two former UNFPA Executive Directors, Dr. Nafis Sadik and Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, released the following statement calling on the world to prioritize the work of the London Summit on…
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South Sudan Commemorates its First Birthday
JUBA, Republic of South Sudan -- One year ago, the streets of this dusty town erupted in jubilation as South Sudan gained its independence.
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Executive Director Visits Rocinha, One of South America’s Largest Slums
FAVELA DA ROCINHA, Brazil --- Promptly at 7 am, on the third day of his mission to the Rio+20 conference, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin set out in another direction.
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Conducting a Social, Demographic and Economic Survey of Afghanistan
BAMYAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan --- “No one has done a survey here before, and nobody knows the type of challenges we face here,” said Mohammad Ibrahim, a farmer from the Bamiyan province during the enumeration phase of…
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Scaling Up the Humanitarian Response for Syrian Refugees
MACCHA, Lebanon— Since the beginning of the crisis in Syria last year, nearly 80,000 people have sought refuge in neighbouring countries. Over 26,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Lebanon alone.
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Rio+20: Nations Renew Agreements on Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Youth and Women’s Empowerment
RIO DE JANEIRO —On the eve of the official opening of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Member States announced that they had agreed on the Conference’s outcome document, The Future We Want.
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The Children of Rio: Capturing Changes through the Lives of Young People
At the 1992 Rio Earth Summit world leaders signed up to a series of agreements intended to create a greener, fairer world – a world that would guarantee future resources for our children. That same year tve started…
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In Sudan: Changing Labels, Changing Lives
Ghalfa, the Sudanese word describing a girl who has not had her genitals ritually cut, carries connotations of impurity, promiscuity, even prostitution. However, the word Saleema means whole, intact, healthy in body and…
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