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07 March 2021
Statement
Celebrate women leaders on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response and beyond
All over the world, women lead. They lead peace processes, run businesses, establish hospitals and schools. They are presidents of countries and corporate boards. They head…
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07 March 2021
News
Joint statement on International Women’s Day
This year’s International Women’s Day theme, “Women In leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”, focuses on the enormous contribution of women in leadership at…
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28 February 2021
News
In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the heaviest price
IBB, Yemen – Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani remembers meeting Abia* at Al Mawa Camp in Ibb. Abia was 15 years old and eight months pregnant. “I was very worried,” Ms. Al-Shurmani…
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15 February 2021
News
Child marriage, female genital mutilation urgent priorities as pandemic threatens progress
There is strong international consensus that child marriage and female genital mutilation are human rights violations that must stop, yet the practices persist. Globally, some 200…
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06 February 2021
Statement
2 million additional cases of female genital mutilation likely to occur over next decade due to COVID-19
Two million additional cases of female genital mutilation may occur over the next decade as COVID-19 shutters schools and disrupts programmes that help protect girls from this…
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04 February 2021
Press Release
Men engagement in ending Female Genital Mutilation is crucial to end this inhuman practice
UNFPA ASRO is launching its regional #MenAgainstFGM campaign aimed at actively engaging men, youth and boys in the fight against of Female Genital Mutilation.
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21 January 2021
Press Release
Second Regional Cervical Cancer Forum to convene on 27-28 January
The Friends of Cancer Patients (FOCP) organization and UNFPA ASRO will host the Second Regional Cervical Cancer Forum virtually on 27-28 January 2021.
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31 December 2020
News
Women and Girls Safe Spaces in Libya: A Story of Courage and Hope
The decade-long conflict in Libya has been a source of violence and unrest causing displacements, and loss of precious human lives and livelihood opportunities. The turbulent…
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17 December 2020
Statement
UNFPA stresses on the need to protect women and girls human rights at all stages of migration
The Arab region has witnessed unprecedented levels of human mobility in recent years. It continues to be marked by complex migration patterns, with many Arab countries serving as…
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