- 29 Jun 2020
- Press Release
UNFPA calls for urgent funding to protect health and safety of women and girls affected by Syria crisis
29 June 2020, NEW YORK, USA – Millions of Syrian women and girls continue to suffer from gender-based violence (GBV), harassment and increasingly restricted access to life-saving sexual and…
UNFPA calls for urgent funding to protect health and safety of women and girls…
29 June 2020, NEW YORK, USA – Millions of Syrian women and girls continue to suffer from gender-based violence (GBV), harassment…
Read story- 24 Jun 2020
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UNFPA announces appointment of new Deputy Executive Directors for Management and Programme
UNFPA, The United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, welcomed today the appointment of Ms. Diene Keita and Mr. Ib Petersen as new Deputy Executive Directors for Programme and for…
UNFPA announces appointment of new Deputy Executive Directors for Management…
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Read story- 20 May 2020
- Press Release
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND AND PREZI LAUNCH #YOUTHAGAINSTCOVID19 VIDEO CAMPAIGN TO INFORM AND EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE
Prezi, a leading visual communications software company, and UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, have launched a joint COVID-19 awareness campaign to encourage and equip…
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND AND PREZI LAUNCH #YOUTHAGAINSTCOVID19 VIDEO…
Prezi, a leading visual communications software company, and UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency,…
Read story- 06 May 2020
- Press Release
Urgent funding needed to protect health and safety of women and girls in Yemen amidst COVID-19
More than 48,000 women could die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in Yemen, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, due to severe funding shortages and the possible closure of…
Urgent funding needed to protect health and safety of women and girls in Yemen…
More than 48,000 women could die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in Yemen, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis…
Read story- 28 Apr 2020
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New UNFPA projections predict calamitous impact on women’s health as COVID-19 pandemic continues
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the number of women unable to access family planning, facing unintended pregnancies, gender-based violence and other harmful practices could skyrocket by millions…
New UNFPA projections predict calamitous impact on women’s health as COVID-19…
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the number of women unable to access family planning, facing unintended pregnancies, gender-…
Read story- 01 Apr 2020
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UNFPA study shows limits on women’s reproductive decision-making worldwide - one quarter of women cannot refuse sex
NEW YORK, USA - Approximately a quarter of women cannot refuse sex or make their own decisions about accessing proper health care, a major international study has found. UNFPA, the United Nations…
UNFPA study shows limits on women’s reproductive decision-making worldwide -…
NEW YORK, USA - Approximately a quarter of women cannot refuse sex or make their own decisions about accessing proper health care…
Read story- 16 Mar 2020
- Press Release
UNFPA sounds the alarm on dire situation facing women and girls in Syria, as conflict enters its 10th year
UNFPA expresses increasing concern about the women and girls trapped in the escalating humanitarian situation in Syria, especially in the north-west, as the conflict enters its 10th year.
UNFPA sounds the alarm on dire situation facing women and girls in Syria, as…
UNFPA expresses increasing concern about the women and girls trapped in the escalating humanitarian situation in Syria,…
Read story- 06 Feb 2020
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UNFPA launches humanitarian aid appeal to urgently reach 48 million women and youth
UNFPA needs $683 million to urgently provide life-saving reproductive health and protection services in 57 conflict-affected countries.
UNFPA launches humanitarian aid appeal to urgently reach 48 million women and…
UNFPA needs $683 million to urgently provide life-saving reproductive health and protection services in 57 conflict-affected…
Read story- 19 Dec 2019
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New partnership between UNFPA, Center for Women’s Global Leadership aims to end gender-based violence
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) from Rutgers University to work…
New partnership between UNFPA, Center for Women’s Global Leadership aims to end…
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Center for…
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