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  • 16 Apr 2024
  • Press Release

New UNFPA report finds 30 years of progress in sexual and reproductive health has mostly ignored the most marginalized communities

Geneva 17 April 2024 – Sweeping global gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights over the last thirty years are marred by an ugly truth – millions of women and girls have not benefited…

New UNFPA report finds 30 years of progress in sexual and reproductive health…

Geneva 17 April 2024 – Sweeping global gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights over the last thirty years are marred…

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  • 15 Apr 2024
  • Press Release

“Life or death is a political decision” – Parliamentarians from over 100 countries reaffirm commitment to universal sexual and reproductive health and rights.

At the eighth global parliamentarians’ conference on population and development, 172 parliamentarians from 112 countries issued a forward-looking inclusive declaration confirming their commitment to…

“Life or death is a political decision” – Parliamentarians from over 100…

At the eighth global parliamentarians’ conference on population and development, 172 parliamentarians from 112 countries issued a…

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  • 13 Apr 2024
  • Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem as war in Sudan reaches one year mark

Famine is bearing down on the women and girls of Sudan as the deadly conflict reaches its one year mark. The war has triggered one of the world’s worst hunger crises, with 1.2 million pregnant and…

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem as war in Sudan reaches…

Famine is bearing down on the women and girls of Sudan as the deadly conflict reaches its one year mark. The war has triggered…

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  • 09 Apr 2024
  • Press Release

International parliamentarians gather in Norway to boost global progress on sexual and reproductive health for women and girls

Oslo, 9 April 2024 – Over 170 parliamentarians from more than 110 countries are gathering in Oslo this week at a key global conference focusing on how they can help advance the sexual and…

International parliamentarians gather in Norway to boost global progress on…

Oslo, 9 April 2024 – Over 170 parliamentarians from more than 110 countries are gathering in Oslo this week at a key global…

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  • 05 Apr 2024
  • Statement

Statement by the Executive Director at the ICPD30 Global Youth Dialogue's Closing Ceremony

Mr. Deputy Chief of Staff representing His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Bio Tchane, Minister of Planning and Development Excellencies, Prof. Fatou Sow Sarr, Commissioner ECOWAS Youth Ambassador Sophie…

Statement by the Executive Director at the ICPD30 Global Youth Dialogue's…

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  • 05 Apr 2024
  • Statement

Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day 2024

On World Health Day, we celebrate the successes achieved since the adoption of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action in Cairo, which placed sexual…

Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day…

On World Health Day, we celebrate the successes achieved since the adoption of the 1994 International Conference on Population…

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  • 05 Apr 2024
  • Press Release

Global Youth Dialogue in Benin Highlights Urgency for Swifter Progress and Youth Involvement in Reproductive Health and Rights

Cotonou, Benin, April 5, 2024 – At the Global Youth Dialogue in Cotonou, Benin, more than 400 young people from 130 countries called for decisive action by leaders on the issues that matter most to…

Global Youth Dialogue in Benin Highlights Urgency for Swifter Progress and…

Cotonou, Benin, April 5, 2024 – At the Global Youth Dialogue in Cotonou, Benin, more than 400 young people from 130 countries…

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  • 27 Mar 2024
  • Statement

Statement by the Executive Director on Impending Famine in Gaza

The threat of famine is looming over Gaza.   Hunger and malnutrition, driven wholly by manmade causes and by a lack of humanitarian access, have spread through Gaza at frightening speed, causing…

Statement by the Executive Director on Impending Famine in Gaza

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  • 20 Mar 2024
  • Press Release

Joint UNFPA-Unitaid venture backed by major EU funding aims to eliminate the leading cause of mothers dying in childbirth in Africa

Partnership combines Unitaid’s record of innovative solutions in treating major diseases in low-and middle-income countries with UNFPA’s global maternal health leadership and network of midwives…

Joint UNFPA-Unitaid venture backed by major EU funding aims to eliminate the…

Partnership combines Unitaid’s record of innovative solutions in treating major diseases in low-and middle-income countries with…

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