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4 March 2020
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Bappenas hold UNFPA CP10 Validation Meeting
Jakarta, 4 March 2020. More than 110 participants representing government agencies, NGOs, FBOs, young people, international development partners, as well as experts attended a validation meeting of... Read more
6 February 2020
Statement
Unleashing youth power: A decade of accelerating actions towards zero female genital mutilation
Joint statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom... Read more
5 February 2020
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Government of Indonesia Commits to End Child Marriage
Jakarta, 5 February 2020 Child marriage is a prevalent and serious problem in Indonesia. According to the 2018 Socio-economic National Survey (Susenas), one in every nine girls aged 20-24 married... Read more
11 October 2019
Statement
GirlForce: Unscripted and unstoppable on the road to Nairobi and beyond!
GirlForce: Unscripted and unstoppable on the road to Nairobi and beyond!   Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October   Around the... Read more
9 September 2019
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Fostering active role of religious & (indigenous) community leaders in prevention of Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
PALU, Central Sulawesi, 9-11 September 2019: Multi faith leaders and (indigenous) community leaders acknowledge that gender-biased socio-cultural-belief norms behind GBV and child marriage hamper... Read more
25 June 2019
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A Comprehensive Multisectoral Adolescents & Youth Programme in post disaster ensures immediate fulfillment of their rights and answer their vulnerabilities
PALU, Central Sulawesi, 25 June 2019: Adolescent girls and youth’s vulnerabilities in post disaster setting is a complex humanitarian challenges that requires active collaboration of various... Read more
20 May 2019
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Ensuring youth-friendly reproductive health services in 3 districts in post disaster Central Sulawesi
PALU, Central Sulawesi, 20 May 2019: A joint effort is being initiated to equip 8 community health centers (puskesmas) and 15 reproductive health posts in the Palu, Sigi and Donggala (known as... Read more
10 April 2019
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Screening of youth documentary films: engaging youth to highlight youth in emergencies through video making
PALU, Central Sulawesi, 26-29 March, 2019: At least 80 youth from hardest hit districts of Palu, Sigi and Donggala gathered at RRI auditorium to watch the screening of 7 youth film documentaries,... Read more
30 March 2019
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Fostering male involvement in GBV prevention and women’s engagement in disaster mitigation, prominent Ulema and researcher said
PALU, Central Sulawesi, 30-31 March, 2019:  Promoting women’s rights and gender equality requires involvement of all elements of communities: men and women. For their active role, men need to be... Read more
27 March 2019
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Empowering youth to identify youth vulnerabilities and to voice their recommendations for advocacy
PALU, Central Sulawesi, 27-29 March, 2019: Around 35 members of Youth Forums at provincial and district level: Palu, Sigi and Donggala and youth activists from the 8 PKBI, UNFPA-supported Youth... Read more

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