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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
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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
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2022
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
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Training on Gender Mainstreaming in Programming and Budgeting with MoSD Oman
Gender Mainstreaming, Women empowerment
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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
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#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
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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
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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