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07 April 2020
Statement
Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day
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27 March 2020
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Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
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23 March 2020
News
Respond to GBV in a situation of disruption of basic rights and services
Due to the increasing confinement and anxiety of its providers, the National Union of Djiboutian Women (UNFD), coordinator of response services for survivors of GBV is unable to…
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18 March 2020
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UNFPA Arab States Regional Office launches ‘A Women Even Here’ campaign
Cairo, 8 March 2020 – UNFPA Arab States Regional Office (ASRO) is marking this year’s International Women’s Day by launching a digital awareness and fundraising campaign ‘A Woman…
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16 March 2020
Press Release
UNFPA sounds the alarm on dire situation facing women and girls in Syria, as conflict enters its 10th year
NEW YORK, USA, 16 March 2020 - UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, expresses increasing concern about the women and girls trapped in the escalating…
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06 March 2020
Statement
I am Generation Equality: Working together to achieve a gender-equal world
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women's Day
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19 February 2020
News
Statement on the events taking place in Northwestern Syria
Cairo, 18 February 2020 - UNFPA is gravely alarmed about the current humanitarian situation unfolding in northwestern Syria, where hostilities have continued to cause mass…
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06 February 2020
News
Leashing the power of young people to end FGM
UNFPA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Family, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Muslim Affairs, and the National Union of Djiboutian Women, marked the…
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05 February 2020
Statement
Unleashing Youth Power: A Decade of Accelerating Actions Towards Zero Female Genital Mutilation
6 February 2020 – “When Tabitha was growing up in rural Kenya, most of her 16-year-old peers were subjected to female genital mutilation – a human rights violation that more than…
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