calendar_today 18 August 2016

Message of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin on World Humanitarian Day

This World Humanitarian Day, we call for global solidarity and stand together with everyone affected by crisis. We unite as one humanity.

calendar_today 12 August 2016

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Young People and the Road to 2030

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, celebrates International Youth Day by reaffirming and recognizing the central role of young people in promoting the well-being of their…

calendar_today 11 July 2016

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Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director for World Population Day 2016

The teenage years are for some girls a time of exploration, learning and increasing autonomy. But for many others, it is a time of increasing vulnerability and exclusion from…

calendar_today 30 May 2016

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Sexual Health in East Asia: It's a Matter of Life and Death

As a Japanese citizen, I read with great interest the speech US President Barack Obama gave during his recent historic visit to Hiroshima, and one sentence struck me like no other…

calendar_today 24 May 2016

World’s First Humanitarian Summit Commits to Ensuring Sexual, Reproductive Health; Empowering Young People

ISTANBUL, 24 May 2016–The World Humanitarian Summit concluded here today with a demonstrated resolve to live up to the pledge to leave no one behind, including the more than 60…

calendar_today 19 May 2016

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Indonesia has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus

JAKARTA, 19 May 2016 – Today, Indonesia is declared as having eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO, UNICEF and UNFPA…

calendar_today 16 May 2016

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Investing in Women, Girls Pays Dividends

When investing in women and girls, everybody wins. That is the resounding message expected to come out of the Danish capital this week when Copenhagen hosts the largest…

calendar_today 05 May 2016

Midwives: health heroes for women, adolescent girls and newborns

International Day of the Midwife 2016 Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA, The United Nations Population Fund 5 May 2016

calendar_today 02 May 2016

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Muslim Religious Leaders from Asia and Africa learned Family Planning Programme in Indonesia

Yogyakarta, 30 April 2016 - Twenty four participants, comprised of Muslim Religious Leaders, Islamic teachers and Family Planning Programme Officers from nine Asian and African…