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Spotlight on Youth at High-level Global Meeting
UNITED NATIONS, New York — Hundreds of young people converged on the United Nations today as the General Assembly kicked off a high-level meeting devoted to tackling the challenges facing youth and exploring their…
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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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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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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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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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