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Films Celebrating Women’s Rights Featured on International Women’s Day

A series of films called Why Women Count is being featured on a tve YouTube channel in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of International Women’s Day.

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Liberia Launches Ambitious Five-Year Plan to Reduce Maternal and Newborn Deaths

MONROVIA — Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has launched an ambitious five-year plan to reduce maternal and newborn deaths in the country.

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Branding Domestic Violence as a ‘Weapon of the Weak’ in Belarus

MINSK, Belarus — About one in four Belarusian women aged 18-60 are subjected to physical abuse from their spouses or partners, according to a survey organized by the United Nations Office in Belarus.

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Key UNFPA Priorities Highlighted Throughout the Commission on the Status of Women

<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York — This year the Commission on the Status of Women will focus on women’s and girls’ access  to education, training, science and technology, including the promotion of opportunities for…

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Nepal Commits to Post-Conflict Support and Participation

UNITED NATIONS, New York ---The United Nations Security Council, in resolutions 1325 and 1820, recognized that women and girls need protection and support during and following all conflicts, and called for women’s full…

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Educating Young Women: Executive Directors of UNESCO and UNFPA Share a Common Vision

<p>Appointed in January 2011, Dr Osotimehin, a former Minister of Health of Nigeria, stressed that “education was the most important intervention to attain human development”.</p>

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Interview with Dr. Catherine Hamlin: Pioneer in Fighting Fistula

NEW YORK — When Dr. Catherine Hamlin started her work in Ethiopia, where she arrived in 1959 with her late husband, Dr. Reginald Hamlin, she didn’t know they would stay so long.

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Unleashing the Power and Potential of Adolescent Girls

UNITED NATIONS, New York — UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, re-affirmed his commitment to adolescent and youth, especially girls, who, he said, are at the heart of UNFPA’s mandate.

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Keys to Improving Maternal Health: Education, Resources and Community Partnerships

As Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of the new agency, UNWomen, opened a panel on maternal mortality and morbidity and the empowerment of women during the Commission on the Status of Women yesterday, she stressed…

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