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  • 03 May 2024
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The world must not abandon the women and girls of Haiti

Every day brings new horrors for women and girls in Port-au-Prince, as violence has reached terrifying levels in recent months. Residents of the Haitian capital and surrounding areas live in fear as…

The world must not abandon the women and girls of Haiti

Every day brings new horrors for women and girls in Port-au-Prince, as violence has reached terrifying levels in recent months.…

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  • 02 May 2024
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Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife 2024

Right now, around the world, millions of lives are in the hands of midwives. Whether they are wading through flood waters to reach pregnant women or delivering babies amid the rubble of an earthquake…

Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International…

Right now, around the world, millions of lives are in the hands of midwives. Whether they are wading through flood waters to…

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  • 30 Apr 2024
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Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME/WASHINGTON – Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),…

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the…

NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME/WASHINGTON – Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger…

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  • 29 Apr 2024
  • Speech

Opening Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the Commission on Population and Development

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 57th session of the Commission on Population and Development in New York.

Opening Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the Commission…

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 57th session of the Commission on Population and Development…

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  • 29 Apr 2024
  • Speech

Opening Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, at the General Assembly ICPD30 Commemorative Event

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the informal plenary meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the International Conference on Population…

Opening Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, at the General…

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the informal plenary meeting of the General Assembly to…

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  • 17 Apr 2024
  • Speech

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of the State of World Population 2024

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of the State of World Population 2024 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. (Check against delivery.)

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of…

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of the State of World Population 2024 at the Palais…

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  • 17 Apr 2024
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on efforts to repeal the ban on female genital mutilation in the Gambia

Turning back the clock on FGM in the Gambia would deprive women and girls of their rights

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on efforts to repeal…

Turning back the clock on FGM in the Gambia would deprive women and girls of their rights

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  • 15 Apr 2024
  • Speech

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 3rd Session of the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 3rd Session of the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 3rd…

Opening remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 3rd Session of the Permanent Forum for People of African…

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  • 13 Apr 2024
  • Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem as war in Sudan reaches one year mark

Famine is bearing down on the women and girls of Sudan as the deadly conflict reaches its one year mark. The war has triggered one of the world’s worst hunger crises, with 1.2 million pregnant and…

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem as war in Sudan reaches…

Famine is bearing down on the women and girls of Sudan as the deadly conflict reaches its one year mark. The war has triggered…

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