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Keeping a Focus on Women and Young People at the General Assembly

The 67th regular session of the UN General Assembly began last week against a backdrop of violence and tensions in the Arab World, and a damping down of some of the excitement and hope that animated last year’s meeting…

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Syrian Refugee Delivers Safely in a UNFPA-Supported Clinic

Thirty-year-old Khloloud Mohammad was seven months pregnant when she and her husband and seven children walked for four hours, surviving shelling in her hometown of Nasib, to reach the Jordanian border. Every step was a…

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Social Good Summit: Delivering Progress Using New Ideas and Platforms

NEW YORK – Fifty blocks north of United Nations headquarters where the General Assembly convenes this week, a whole other cadre of development practitioners were excitedly sharing their own plans for ending poverty,…

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Using the Opportunity of the General Assembly to Speak Out Against FGM/C

A high-level side event at the 67 Session of the UN General Assembly called for increased commitment and concerted actions among many partner to end the practice of female genital mutilation and cutting.

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UNFPA Patron Warmly Received at Rio Youth Centre.

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, who serves as UNFPA Patron to support maternal health, met beneficiaries of social initiatives at the Reference Centre in Cidade de Deus (City of God), a youth centre is run by UNFPA…

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Reaching Out to Women in Rural Zambia

The UN agencies known as the H4+ support priority countries that take concerted actions to meet the Millennium Development Goals on maternal and child health. UNFPA has identified Zambia as one such country. The…

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Counting the World: UNFPA Highlights the Challenges of Census-Taking

<p>The United Nations biannual population projections are some of the most (if not the most) widely used numbers in demography. Researchers and policymakers alike rely on the figures to plan for present and future…

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Consulting with Faith-Based Organizations on the Post-2015 Agenda

The UN Development Group consulted with a group of faith-based organizations on the post-2015 development framework, as part of a broader process to engage with civil society. This report outlines the highlights of the…

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Delivering Sensitive Reproductive Health Care to Syrian Refugees in Jordan

ZA'ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Mafraq, Jordan — As a way to address both health needs and cultural sensitivities, UNFPA  is supporting a reproductive health clinic with a female gynaecologist in the Za'atari camp for…

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