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War-Affected Women in Freetown Get Help
On the outskirts of Freetown, up a red clay road gashed by hard rain, sits a makeshift shelter some women call home.
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UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Hanne-Vibeke Holst Wins Prestigious Danish Book Award
This year’s Søren Gyldendal Award has been presented to UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and best-selling fiction writer, Hanne-Vibeke Holst, in Copenhagen. Gyldendal is the largest Danish publishing house.
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Rebuilt Maternity Hospital Opens in Kabul
A baby boy weighing 2.85 kilograms was the first infant delivered at the newly rebuilt maternity ward of Kabul’s Khair Khana hospital, which reopened at the end of March.
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Sudan Gets New Ambulances for Obstetric Emergencies
UNFPA recently provided the Government of Sudan with six new four-wheel drive vehicles equipped as ambulances.
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Giving hope in Zambia's largest refugee settlement
Meheba, in northwest Zambia, is home to more than 50,000 refugees – mainly from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with smaller numbers coming from Rwanda, Burundi and other countries in the region.
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Enforce Laws To Free Women From Slavery, Violence, Says UNFPA Deputy Executive Director
<p>Ministers and parliamentarians should enforce existing laws, to kick gender violence out of homes, communities and nations, UNFPA's Deputy Executive Director (Management), Imelda Henkin, has urged.</p…
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The Santa Maria/Sal Commitment
We the African Women Ministers and Parliamentarians representing 40 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, meeting in Santa Maria/ SAL, Cape Verde, between 15-18 October 2002 for the Fifth Regional Conference of African Women…
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How Do You Talk To Youth About The Facts Of Life, How Do You Start The Conversation?
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, helped launch a booklet to guide communications between parents and youth on sensitive matters in order to save adolescents’ lives by avoiding problems such as HIV/AIDS.
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Human Rights Promoted in India with Classical Dance and Poetry
Early in February, the India office of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, organized an event in Delhi to explore reproductive rights, including the rights of women.
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