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New Executive Director Makes First Official Visit to Nordic Countries

<p class="paddedContent">STOCKHOLM/ COPENHAGEN/OSLO <b>---</b> Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the new Executive Director of UNFPA, is making his first official visits to Sweden, Denmark, Norway…

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Congo/Women Projected on Façade of Nobel Peace Centre

OSLO — No woman should die giving life, yet almost 800 women die every day from pregnancy-related causes, 99 per cent of them in developing countries.

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Africa Shows Signs of Winning War against Female Fenital Mutilation/cutting

<p>In Africa, if you play music in an open space, any music, then people will generally come. "It is the way to reach people, to bring them together." So says Sister Fa, a Senegalese urban soul and hip-…

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Artists Voice their Support to Improved Maternal Health in Tanzania

DAR ES SALAM, Tanzania — UNFPA along with MDGFive.com, a network of global artists, have brought together a group of renowned American and Tanzanian artists to use music and songs in raising awareness of the maternal…

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Bringing Health Care to Displaced Women in Cote D'Ivoire

ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire — In the aftermath of post-election violence here, almost 18 thousand people -- 70 per cent of them women, children and older persons – have been temporarily re-settled in the Western part of the…

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UN Agency Executive Boards Spotlight Equity and Development

<p>NEW YORK — At a joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNICEF and four other UN agencies, Executive Director Anthony Lake this morning called for a global commitment to reaching the poorest and most…

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Building Momentum for Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Female genital mutilation/cutting has been illegal in Senegal since 1999. But that didn’t stop Dialyma Cisse‘s paternal grandmother from having her cut, against the wishes of the young girl and her parents.

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Giving Priority to the Needs of Young People in Egypt – and Elsewhere

In recent days, young people in Egypt have been sending a clear message not only to the Egyptian authorities but to the entire international community that they are catalysts for change.

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Goodwill Ambassador Catarina Furtado Addresses Youth at Portugal's Parliament

UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Catarina Furtado joined a special session of the Portuguese Parliament to commemorate the International Year of Youth.

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