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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

25 March 2019
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Building capacity for improved psychosocial support and referal mechanism in Central Sulawesi

PALU, Central Sulawesi, 25-27 March, 2019: As a follow up of provincial coordination meeting, Palu, Sigi and Donggala district administrations meet to discuss women’s vulnerabilities and needs in... Read more

25 March 2019
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Central Sulawesi establishes a pool of intersectoral trained facilitators & strengthens coordination for comprehensive rights-based GBV management

PALU, Central Sulawesi, 25 March, 2019: With the lack of public awareness on gender-based violence (GBV), and women’s rights issues in general, women and girls who experience violence often have... Read more

25 March 2019
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Gender-responsive development: integrating gender issues in development planning and budgeting

PALU, Central Sulawesi, 25-28 March, 2019: To ensure gender-responsive development, Central Sulawesi provincial administration, with UNFPA’s support, held a hands-on workshop to integrate gender into... Read more

8 March 2019
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Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2019

Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2019  ... Read more

8 March 2019
Statement

Remarks of UNFPA Representative Dr. Annette Sachs Robertson at the 2019 COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Seminar on Child Marriage, March 6, 2019

Distinguished guests, The Minister of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection, HE. Dr. Yohana Susana Yembise The Representatives of the Presidential Office The Head of Cooperation of the Canada... Read more

6 February 2019
Statement

Joint Statement - Take action to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030

Mary Oloiparuni was 13 when she was mutilated. Restrained in a doorway early one morning in her home, she was cut, bled profusely and experienced agonizing pain. The scarring she endured then... Read more

17 December 2018
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Child Marriage in NTB is Alarming

Mataram, 17 December 2018. "My friends usually call me Liza.  I am from Jerowaru District, East Lombok District. I married for the first time at the age of 15, when I was still in junior high school... Read more

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