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09 February 2023
Press Release
UNFPA scaling up emergency response to reach women and girls in Türkiye and Syria in aftermath of powerful earthquakes
New York/Geneva, 7 February 2023 – UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, is working with national and local authorities to scale up its emergency…
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06 February 2023
News
World will miss target of ending FGM by 2030 without urgent action – including from men and boys
NEW YORK, 6 February 2023 – This year, 4.3 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation, according to the latest UNFPA estimates. This number is projected to reach 4.6…
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20 December 2022
News
ADAPTING TO THE NEW NORMAL - Insights and lessons learned from UNFPA’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Arab Region
Two years on, significant progress has been made in the global response to COVID-19. Successful vaccination campaigns and adaptation measures have helped transform a deadly…
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15 December 2022
News
How one woman in Gaza triumphed above marital violence, and cancer, to inspire other survivors
In 2020, UNFPA reached more than 44,000 people across Palestine with gender-based violence prevention and response services through ten safe spaces for women and girls. Nearly 500…
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15 December 2022
News
“I Am A Rebel Girl”: Empowering girls throughout the Arab region to express their thoughts without fear
“There are things I wanted to say and couldn’t express, but the journal guided me through writing to express what is inside me,” says Rawda, a girl from Egypt, who recently…
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14 December 2022
Press Release
UNFPA partners with Rebel Girls to launch Arabic edition of the ‘I Am A Rebel Girl’ Journal
(Cairo, 14 December 2022) — The United Nations Population Fund Arab states regional office has partnered with Rebel Girls, a leading global girl empowerment brand, to launch the…
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01 December 2022
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022
At UNFPA, we stand behind the “We Decide” initiative, a global effort to include and empower women and young persons with disabilities. Together with partners, we are championing…
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29 November 2022
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2022
Equal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights is crucial for all 8 billion people in our world today. The urgent call to dismantle discriminatory barriers to rights…
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29 November 2022
News
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on Human Rights Day 2022
As we mark this year’s Human Rights Day, we call on people everywhere to #StandUp4HumanRights. All 8 billion people alive today should enjoy all human rights, as defined in the…
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