20 June 2022
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(New York/Geneva/Rome, 16 June 2022): In less than a month, the Security Council resolution that allows the United Nations and our implementing partners to provide lifesaving…
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Press Release
Cairo, June 19, 2022 — On International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, Arab States…
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Statement
Current education systems and curricula do not match the evolving labour market and the changing nature of work. They do not provide young people with enough skills, critical to…
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News
To have one’s life compromised for bringing forth new life is a devastating fate. But with awareness and will, the goal of eradicating the condition by 2030 is achievable.
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Cairo, 17 May 2022 — Nearly half of all pregnancies, totaling 121 million each year throughout the world, are unintended. For the women and girls affected, the most life-altering…
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Statement
Cairo, May 11, 2022 - Shireen Abu Aqla, a Palestinian journalist and Al-Jazeera correspondent in Palestine, lost her life while covering the events in Jenin camp at dawn today,…
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Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife When heavy monsoon rains flooded refugee camps in Bangladesh, it was midwife…
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News
Giving birth safely, comfortably and conveniently at home or in clinics should not be a luxury, but a basic human right. Midwife- led reproductive and maternal care should be…
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“The situation in Syria is worse than it has been in years,” explains UNFPA Arab States Regional Director, Dr. Luay Shabaneh. “The impacts of the deepening economic crises in…
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