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Youth Caucus Prepares Young People for the Global Summit

UNITED NATIONS, New York — This year’s High-Level Meeting on Youth, is themed Dialogue and Mutual Understanding. Sixty young people from 45 countries worked much of the weekend before the official meeting to make sure…

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Delivering Youth Friendly Health Information and Services in Georgia

GORI, Georgia — Sitting around the table, the college students browsed through a variety of colourful pamphlets and literature, as the conversation went from one topic to another relating to their sexual health.

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Ending ‘Son Preference’ to Promote Gender Equality

<p>The tradition of inheritance from father to son in many societies coupled with a reliance on boys to provide economic support, to ensure security in old age and to perform death rites are part of a set of…

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UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Catarina Furtado Visits Haiti

UNITED NATIONS, New York—UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador in Portugal, Catarina Furtado, went on a mission to Haiti from 10 to 18 July 2011, where she toured a number of projects supported by United Nations agencies, including…

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UNFPA Executive Director Applauds Young Women’s Leadership in Sexual and Reproductive Health

Delivering a keynote address, UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, spoke at International Women’s Summit in Zurich about the importance of young women’s leadership in sexual and reproductive health and…

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Independence: Birth of — and in — a New Nation

JUBA, Republic of South Sudan — In the early morning hours of the 9th of July, as citizens woke up to a nation only a few hours old, UNFPA-trained midwives helped to deliver one of the first babies of the new Republic…

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Preparing a New Nation to Deliver

JUBA, South Sudan — "Walk like a midwife," the students of a UNFPA-supported community midwifery programme in Kaji Keji tell each other. "A midwife walks fast on her way to save lives!"

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Measuring the Greatness of a Country by the Quality of its Peoples’ Lives: UNFPA Executive Director to African Leaders

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea— UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin told a panel of African leaders and youth representatives  that “the greatness of a country is measured by the quality of its peoples’ lives”…

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“Give Us Opportunity to Serve Our Nations”, African youth tell leaders, UN officials

<p>MALABO, Equatorial Guinea—A cross-section of African youth volunteers today made a passionate plea to African leaders and UN representatives to give them a chance to work to develop their continent.</p>

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