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J-1 before the World Population Day 2012!!!
On 11 July – World Population Day – many activities and campaigns will call attention to the essential part that reproductive health plays in creating a just and equitable world. Tomorrow UNFPA ... Read more
Be the first to read UNFPA Executive Director's Speech for the World Population Day!!
Reproductive health is at the very heart of development and crucial to delivering the UNFPA vision — a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person’s... Read more
J-6 before the World Population Day 2012!!!
Reproductive health is at the very heart of development and crucial to delivering the UNFPA vision — a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person’s... Read more
Women's Need for Family Planning in Arab Countries
To know more about the situation, read the following policy brief; it examines women’s need for family planning in Arab countries, and describes why countries should work to reduce unmet need by... Read more
UNFPA to Work with UK Government and GatesFoundation to Give 120 Million More Women Access toFamily Planning by 2020
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 2 July 2012 - UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is calling on governments around the world to commit more... Read more
An International Day of Happiness!
The UN General Assembly this morning adopted a resolution proclaiming 20 March as the “International Day of Happiness”. The draft resolution... Read more
World Leaders Adopt Consensus Vision, ‘The Future We Want’, Cementing Central Role of Reproductive Health in Sustainability
UNITED NATIONS, New York - The World’s Heads of State and Government adopted, ‘The Future We Want’, a common global vision that reaffirmed... Read more
Scaling Up the Humanitarian Response for Syrian Refugees
MACCHA, Lebanon— Since the beginning of the crisis in Syria last year, nearly 80,000 people have sought refuge in neighbouring countries. Over 26,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Lebanon alone. Given... Read more
Sustainability in a world of 9 billion people: it’s all about choices
By Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. O Globo (Brazil) -17 June 2012. The world’s population surpassed 7 billion last October and is expected to... Read more
Kate Gilmore - UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA - visited Cairo
Cairo, 3- 4 June 2012 After her visit to Africa Regional Office and South Sudan, Kate Gilmore - UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA - continued her inaugural... Read more