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3 October 2013
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Population and Reproductive Health Data: 62% of Egypt’s population is below the age of 29 and 11% are adolescent girls between 10-19 years old.

Population and Reproductive Health Data Did you know ... 62% of Egypt’s population is below the age of 29 and 11% are adolescent girls between 10-19 years old. Choices and Opportunities for all... Read more

25 June 2013
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Governments, Civil Society, Experts Return to Cairo to Chart Arab Population and Development Agenda Beyond 2014

CAIRO—On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), more than 350 delegates from across the Arab region have returned to Cairo, where... Read more

24 June 2013
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UNFPA Launches Arab Media Contest

UNFPA LAUNCHES ARAB MEDIA CONTEST In the context of the United Nations review of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action (ICPD PoA) commonly referred to as... Read more

3 April 2013
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Al-Azhar University Islamic Centre for Population Studies Receives 2013 United Nations Population Award

UNITED NATIONS, New York — An academic institution affiliated with the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, was announced as a winner of the 2013 United Nations Population Award. The Award is given... Read more

7 February 2013
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International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

FOR THE FIRST TIME, Egypt Celebrates the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

29 January 2013
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African heads of state at AU Summit to accelerate CARMMA

UNFPA, in partnership with the African Union organized a high level event on the Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA) at the 20th Africa Union Summit on 27... Read more

31 December 2012
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UNFPA Second Scientific Conference entitled: “Reproductive Health, Challenges and Future Visions

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Egypt, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and under the patronage of H.E. Minister of Health and Population,... Read more

14 November 2012
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Launch of the State of World Population Report 2012

BY CHOICE, NOT BY CHANCE FAMILY PLANNING, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND DEVELOPMENT Family planning is a human right. Yet today some 222 million women in developing countries are unable to exercise that right... Read more

24 October 2012
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Y-PEER Egypt: Best Network of the Year 2012

In 2005, UNFPA Egypt established and has since continually supported the YPEER Network. The main concept of Y-PEER is to build a network of NGOs working in peer education, with a focus on... Read more

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