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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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02 February 2020
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What is FGM?
By now, it is not a secret that FGM is a harmful practice. There is no shortage of medical evidence to prove so, and many religious leaders spoke against its religious reasoning…
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01 February 2020
Statement
Dr. Luay Shabaneh expresses sorrow for the death of a young girl due to the complications of circumcision
Nada, a12years old girl from Assiut Governorate, Egypt, lost her life to join the victims of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
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23 January 2020
News
A Parliamentarian Group on Population and Development set to follow-up on ICPD PoA
As part of the national follow-up on Djibouti Commitment at Nairobi Summit, the Parliament of Djibouti in collaboration with UNFPA established a Parliamentarian Group on…
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21 January 2020
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A big step towards improving the quality of maternal and neonatal care
On 21-26 January, UNFPA and the Department of Maternal and Child Health of the Ministry of Health organized an intensive training of trainers on maternal deaths and neonatal…
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26 December 2019
News
Men and boys engagement in promoting gender equality and eliminating gender-based violence
UNFPA in partnership with ADEPPF, a local association affiliated to IPPF, organized a musical concert with young Men and Boys leaders committed to fight against all forms of…
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03 December 2019
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Empowering vulnerable adolescent and young girls
UNFPA closed in December 2019, a project for the empowerment of vulnerable adolescents and young girls, initiated with the National Union of Djiboutian Women (UNFD).
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18 November 2019
News
During the Nairobi summit
Djibouti participated in the Nairobi Summit with a large delegation led by the Minister of Women with parliamentarians, representatives of civil society, and representatives of…
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17 October 2019
News
Capacity building on quantification and the management of RH Commodities
With the support of UNFPA, program managers, midwives, and pharmacists received important training on the quantification of RH Commodities.
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