sam., 18 mai 2013 05:24:13 +0000 sam., 18 mai 2013 05:24:13 +0000 http://www.unfpa.org UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA – because everyone counts. en-us serrano@unfpa.org (Alvaro Serrano) gruber@unfpa.org (Kimberly Gruber) http://www.unfpa.org/images/unfpalogoxs.gif http://www.unfpa.org 80 36 The world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/13694;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 UNITED NATIONS, New York—An academic institution affiliated with the Al-Azhar University in Egypt and a public health advocate from Uganda were announced yesterday as winners of the 2013 United Nations Population Award. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/13890;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 GENEVA — UNFPA accepted today a donation of $5 million from the Government of Kuwait to respond to the urgent needs of displaced people in Syria and of refugees in neighboring countries. These indispensable funds will allow UNFPA to continue saving women's lives, help them deliver babies safely, and protect them from gender-based violence. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/13858;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 AMMAN—The international community should urgently increase its support to refugees and displaced persons fleeing the Syrian crisis, said Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, said following visits to Syrian refugee camps in Turkey and Jordan. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/12684;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 UNITED NATIONS, New York—Fewer girls are subjected to the life-threatening practice of female genital mutilation/cutting according to new data from the United Nations, released on 6 February, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/12675;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 ADDIS ABABA —Meeting at the African Union Summit, Heads of State and Government made new commitments to speed-up the reduction of maternal death and disability in the continent. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/12630;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 BALI, Indonesia — The ICPD Global Youth Forum concluded in Bali, Indonesia Thursday producing a set of recommendations which outline the vision of young people around the world for their future. 600 youth leaders from more than 130 countries attended the Forum, with over 2500 virtual delegates participating online. Representatives of governments, UN agencies, non-governmental and private sector organizations also took part. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/12760;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 UNITED NATIONS, New York — UNFPA and Nokia announced today that the mobile communications company will donate the equivalent of 3,000 clean delivery kits to the Fund. The donation will be made as a result of UNFPA’s social media campaign Safe Birth. Even Here launched earlier this year. The kits, designed and distributed by UNFPA, help ensure safe delivery of babies in humanitarian settings. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/12700;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 BALI--- Six hundred youth leaders, representatives of governments, UN agencies, non-governmental and private sector organisations will convene in Bali from 4-6 December 2012 for the ICPD Global Youth Forum. Hosted by the Indonesian Government and UNFPA  the youth-led Forum will define the future UN agenda for the 43 per cent of the world under the age of 25   http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/12601;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 LONDON—Making voluntary family planning available to everyone in developing countries would reduce costs for maternal and newborn health care by $11.3 billion annually, according to The State of World Population 2012, published today by UNFPA.   Increased access to family planning has proven to be a sound economic investment. One third of the growth of Asian “tiger” economies is attributed to a demographic shift in which the number of income-generating adults became higher than those who depended on them for support. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/12348;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 UNITED NATIONS, New York—If current trends continue, the number of girl child marriages will increase dramatically over the next 10 years, according to Marrying too Young: End Child Marriage, a new report released today by UNFPA on the inaugural International Day of the Girl Child. The report also finds that, despite laws to prevent its practice, child marriage has remained mostly constant in developing countries over the past decade. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/12345;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Building on its ongoing work to promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health, UNFPA will invest an additional $20 million over the next 5 years to reach the most marginalized adolescent girls in 12 countries with high rates of child marriage. The countries to be focused on include Guatemala, India, Niger and Zambia. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/12232;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 TOKYO — The number of older persons is growing faster than any other age group, says a new report, Ageing in the Twenty-first Century: A Celebration and a Challenge, released today on International Day of Older Persons by UNFPA and HelpAge International. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/12202;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 UNITED NATIONS, New York – A new plan and set of recommendations to improve the supply and access of life-saving health supplies was submitted today to the UN Secretary-General by the members of the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/12141;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 To raise awareness of the urgent needs of pregnant women in emergencies, UNFPA, The United Nations Population Fund, is launching a social media campaign called Safe Birth, Even Here. The campaign, which starts today, will run on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/11649;jsessionid=306B3417A7778AE52A116804617A3A89.jahia02 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bold new commitments have been made to deliver on the promise to end child and maternal death and improve health. The Preventing HIV and Unintended Pregnancies Strategic Framework supports one such commitment – to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keep their mothers alive.