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Sudan: The Campaign against Cutting Goes to School

02 February 2012
GADARIF, Sudan — When Ahfad University for Women in Omdurman began offering a course in community development in the 1990s meant for mature, illiterate women farmers, the main goal was to expand the students’ role in the economic life of their communities.
Two More Corners of Ethiopia Call for an End to Genital Cutting

02 February 2012
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — In a ceremony of poetry, drama and music, the Buremudaytu and Argoba districts in the Afar region officially abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting earlier this month.
Next Three Years to Set Stage for New Development Frontiers, UNFPA Leader Says

01 February 2012
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The next three years are critical for the global development agenda, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin declared today at the UNFPA Executive Board's first formal session of the year.
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Annual Report 2010

Maternal Health Thematic Fund

Outlines progress in efforts in priority countries towards saving women's lives and achieving universal access to reproductive health.

UNFPA Flagship Report

State of World Population 2011

This year's report probes different dimensions of a world of 7 billion.
It argues for investments in people and sound planning informed by
demographic trends.

State of World's Midwifery report

Campaign to End Fistula

Events

1-3 February; New York
First regular session of the UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS Executive Board

28 February - 2 March; New York
High-level panel on Population, Health and Census

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New web section

Rio+20

UNFPA's inputs to the deliberations in the lead-up to this major global conference on sustainable development.

Song for 7 Billion

Playing for Change

More than 50 musicians from 13 countries play together on this new world anthem: United.
Watch the video.

Visualizing data

Population dashboards

Interact with the latest data from the UN Population Division and other sources with this interactive exhibit created for UNFPA by SAP as part of the 7 Billion Actions initiative.

Resource Page

Sex Ratio Imbalance

News, updates, media reports and resources on prenatal sex selection

Rio+20: Future We Want

The Future We Want exhibit, website, and educational curriculum will paint a positive vision for a sustainable future. For more information, please visit futurewewant.org

3 min 33 sec 2011

Slideshow: Mozambique

Innovative programs supported by UNFPA are improving the lives of women in Mozambique.

8 min 56 sec 2011

Mobilisation Communautair pour Sauver la vie des Populations Vulnerables

Produced by the UNFPA Central African Republic Office - "Social Mobilization to Save Vulnerable People's Lives." French with English subtitles.

5 min 42 sec 2011

Mexico: Streets not paved with gold

Thousands of young people live as homeless on the streets of Mexico City, the world's eighth largest city. Many find themselves in squalid and often dangerous conditions.

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In Mogadishu, nothing is simple

Rewarding the work of midwives

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