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UNFPA Executive Director Asks Monterrey Conferees to Invest More in Women

<p class="bodytext"> <b>MONTERREY, Mexico</b> -- Thoraya A. Obaid, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), today called on world leaders gathered here to give women…

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Empowering Young Women in Bangladesh

It is late afternoon and a pale February sun casts shafts of golden light through the shade trees surrounding a small square in the quiet village of Bibir Bazar, buried deep in the pancake-flat rice country of southern…

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UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Seeks More Support for HIV/AIDS Efforts

BRUSSELS -- In a recent meeting at the Belgian Parliament, a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Face to Face Spokesperson and popular television personality, Goedele Liekens, urged…

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Afghan NGOs Provide Maternal Care Despite Shortage of Skilled Staff

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- A severe shortage of trained female doctors and midwives is a major obstacle to extending reproductive health care to Afghan women.

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Kabul Maternity Hospitals Lack Equipment and Supplies; Help from UNFPA Is on the Way

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- The small surgery in the Khair Khana 52-Beds Hospital smells of blood. (Actually it is more a clinic than a hospital.).

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Afghan Women’s Affairs Minister Outlines Her Priorities

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- Dr. Sima Samar, Afghanistan’s interim Minister for Women’s Affairs, is a woman in a hurry.

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Population Fund Moves Fast to Aid Afghanistan’s Recovery

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- “When we asked for help in reconstructing an office for our ministry, UNFPA really acted quickly,” says Dr. Sima Samar, Minster for Women’s Affairs in Afghanistan’s interim administration.

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Imams Express Support for UNFPA'S Work

<p class="bodytext">Imams in Senegal's Tambacounda and Kolda regions have expressed support for the work of the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA), especially for its $11.5 million country…

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New Report Outlines Plan to Reduce Infectious Disease and Poverty

"Today, perhaps for the first time in history, it is possible to launch a truly global response to the major infectious diseases that keep people in poverty."

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