24 January 2016
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EYE ON PROGRESS. Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, cut its fertility rate in half over a 30-year period. Now its program faces pushback from conservatives,…
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Nusa Dua, Indonesia - UNFPA will host a high-level side event to call for solutions to the funding shortfall that is threatening family planning on the sidelines of the fourth…
Read story20 December 2015
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Parliamentarians, senior government officials and representatives from civil society organizations and national non-governmental organizations recently came together in Jakarta to…
Read story10 December 2015
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Today, we mark the launch of a year-long campaign for the 50th anniversary of two landmark international treaties. Together, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and…
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The State of World Population (SWOP) report is released globally by UNFPA headquarters every year, with a focus on different population issues that warrant global attention. This…
Read story07 December 2015
Yogyakarta, 7 December 2015. The health needs of women and adolescents are too often neglected in humanitarian responses to natural disasters and conflicts around the world, says…
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Lismiyatun was 35 weeks pregnant with her third child when Central Java’s Mount Merapi erupted in late October 2010.
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Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, for World AIDS Day 1 December 2015 This year, World AIDS Day coincides with the African conference on…
Read story27 November 2015
Baseline data is crucial in all stages of disaster management. This type of data can be derived from population censuses and large scale surveys, such as the 2010 Population…
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