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28 April 2020
Press Release
New UNFPA projections predict calamitous impact on women’s health as COVID-19 pandemic continues
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the number of women unable to access family planning, facing unintended pregnancies, gender-based violence and other harmful practices could…
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09 April 2020
Statement
OPEN LETTER FROM THE REGIONAL DIRECTORS OF UNDP, UNWOMEN, UNPFA AND ESCWA IN THE ARAB STATES REGION TO GOVERNMENTS IN THE REGION.
At the beginning of this week, the United Nations Secretary-General issued an appeal to stop violence everywhere including violence in the home. As Directors of the four United…
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07 April 2020
Statement
Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic
On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to everything we do at UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and…
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27 March 2020
Statement
Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem New York, 26 March 2020 - With each passing day, the scale of the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences are becoming ever…
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24 March 2020
News
As pandemic rages, women and girls face intensified risks
UNITED NATIONS, New York – As the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world, governments are taking unprecedented measures to limit the spread of the virus, ramping up health…
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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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08 March 2020
News
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…
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07 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, 8 March 2020 This International Women's Day, we celebrate the icons who…
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06 March 2020
News
“We must resolutely resist any attempts to go back”: Listening to the icons and activists of women’s rights
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The eighth of March is International Women’s Day, and the stakes could not be higher. This year marks a quarter century since the creation of…
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