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04 July 2012
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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…
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03 July 2012
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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 resources to the critical issue…
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01 July 2012
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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 presented by the President of the…
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25 June 2012
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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 commitments their nations made in the…
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24 June 2012
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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…
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19 June 2012
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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…
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11 June 2012
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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 -…
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10 June 2012
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Family planning summit could mark turning point for maternal health
By Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. UNFPA aims to give 120 million more women access to family planning by 2020…
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03 June 2012
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The International Network to Analyze, Communicate and Transform the Campaign against FGM/C (INTACT)
INTACT, managed by the Population Council, is an international group of researchers, scholars, and activists committed to bringing scientific evidence to bear on the campaign…
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