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Catalyzing Powerful Partnerships: UNFPA Executive Director at Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland – Each January this Swiss resort village becomes a dynamic centre of world attention as some of its most important leaders and thinkers gather to share ideas at the World Economic Forum.

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Preparing for Rio+20

UNITED NATIONS, New York – UNFPA and others, including the G77 and the European Union, called for more emphasis on population dynamics, gender equity and reproductive health in the first round of negotiations on the…

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Rewarding the Heroic Work of Midwives in Afghanistan

KABUL — In mid-December, Maliha walked for five days to reach Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, in northeastern Afghanistan, to receive her award as best midwife in the province.

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At the Heart of Sex Selection, a Preference for Boys

The sex-ratio imbalance that has plagued certain Asian countries has been increasing in the last few years with one exception, the Republic of Korea, while a few  European countries, including Albania, Armenia and…

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Prepares for its First Census in over 20 Years

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — In this capital city, preparations are under way for a nationwide population and housing census—the first to be held in the country in more than 20 years.

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For Haiti, Lighting Up the Camps and ‘Smile Clinics’

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Two years after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, more than 500,000 people still live in camps as reconstruction efforts have not kept up with demands for housing and cholera remains a…

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UNFPA 2011 Maternal Health Highlights

It was a busy, successful year for UNFPA as it continued to work in 2011 with partners to address universal access to reproductive health, including maternal health, treatment for obstetric fistula and family planning,…

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In Mogadishu, Nothing Is Simple

MOGADISHU — Somalia Medina Hospital, one of Mogadishu’s two major hospitals, sits in a spacious compound in the western part of the capital. It focuses on trauma and emergency maternal medicine, treating several hundred…

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Rapping for Reproductive Health in Yemen

SANA'A — Rap has won over Yemeni youth. It was in a UNFPA-supported workshop gathering media and young people where the idea for a rap song to promote reproductive health was born.

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