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20 October 2016
Statement

Launch of The State of World Population 2016

Welcome to the release of The State of World Population 2016, published by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

20 October 2016
News
The power of 10: Ten astonishing facts about 10-year-old girls

The power of 10: Ten astonishing facts about 10-year-old girls

The world’s future will be determined by the fate of its 10-year-old girls.

20 October 2016
News
Investing in girls at 10 will get a country excellent returns

Investing in girls at 10 will get a country excellent returns

Ten-year-old Temawelase is a sixth-grader in a rural community in the Hhohho region of Swaziland. Almost 4000 miles away, her age-mate Daline has... Read more

19 October 2016
Press Release

Responding to the needs of Women and Girls Subject to Violence: a comprehensive package

Together with UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, UN Women is launching the “Essential Services Package for Women and Girls Subject to... Read more

18 October 2016
Statement

Protection of Women and Girls in Mosul

Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, to the United Nations Population Fund... Read more

17 October 2016
Statement

Access to quality sexual and reproductive health care can help end extreme poverty

Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October 2016

11 October 2016
Statement

Making Girls Count in the Sustainable Development Goals Era

Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October 2016

4 October 2016
News
Nyador Dagey with her newborn twins in a UNFPA-supported clinic in Bentiu. © UNFPA South Sudan/Michael Gatluak Tuok

After harrowing escape, South Sudan woman welcomes healthy twins

BENTIU, South Sudan – Nyador Dagey, 35, was three months pregnant and bleeding from a gunshot wound when she fled her village in Rubkona County, in... Read more

3 October 2016
News
“I am a prey to all men”: Refugee women endure poverty, harassment, isolation

“I am a prey to all men”: Refugee women endure poverty, harassment, isolation

When 28-year-old Muna* fled the turmoil in Syria three years ago, she did not imagine she would wind up alone, shouldering sole responsibility for... Read more

1 October 2016
Statement

The Transformative Force of Population Ageing

Population ageing – one of the most significant trends of the 21st century – represents both a cause for celebration and a challenge. To ensure that... Read more

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