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8 March 2023
Statement
International Woman Day 2023

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day 2023

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day 2023

4 December 2022
Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022

24 November 2022
Statement
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
13 September 2022
News
UNFPA GCC Rep gives an opening speech at the workshop
11 July 2022
Statement

Statement of the Executive Director on World Population Day

World Population Day offers a moment to celebrate human progress. Our world, despite its challenges, is one where higher shares of people are educated and live healthier lives than at any previous... Read more

21 June 2022
Press Release
#ThisIsNotNormal: A UNFPA campaign to disrupt the risks of gender-based violence becoming normal

#ThisIsNotNormal: A UNFPA campaign to disrupt the risks of gender-based violence becoming normal

Cairo, 20 June, 2022 — On the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, Arab States Regional... Read more

23 May 2022
Statement
REGIONAL HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON YOUNG PEOPLE'S LEARNING, SKILLING, SOCIAL INCLUSION AND TRANSITION TO DECENT WORK

Young people address challenges and explore opportunities of transition from learning to employment in the Middle East and North Africa/Arab States region

Home to the highest rates of unemployed youth in the world, the region needs to create more than 33.3 million new jobs by 2030   Statement by Dr. Ruba Jaradat, ILO Regional Director for Arab States,... Read more

5 May 2022
Statement

Global health systems must invest in midwives

When heavy monsoon rains flooded refugee camps in Bangladesh, it was midwife Shakila Parvin who, in knee-high water, delivered twins to a hypertensive mother and stabilized her before she was rushed... Read more

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