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  • 06 May 2020
  • Press Release

Urgent funding needed to protect health and safety of women and girls in Yemen amidst COVID-19

More than 48,000 women could die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in Yemen, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, due to severe funding shortages and the possible closure of…

Urgent funding needed to protect health and safety of women and girls in Yemen…

More than 48,000 women could die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth in Yemen, the world’s worst humanitarian crisis…

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  • 05 May 2020
  • Statement

Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis

Here are 3 ways to say THANK YOU to midwives battling the pandemic in 2020, the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife.

Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis

Here are 3 ways to say THANK YOU to midwives battling the pandemic in 2020, the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife.

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  • 07 Apr 2020
  • Statement

Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Life goes on despite the pandemic; pregnancy and childbirth are no exception.

Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Life goes on despite the pandemic; pregnancy and childbirth are no exception.

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  • 01 Apr 2020
  • Press Release

UNFPA study shows limits on women’s reproductive decision-making worldwide - one quarter of women cannot refuse sex

NEW YORK, USA - Approximately a quarter of women cannot refuse sex or make their own decisions about accessing proper health care, a major international study has found. UNFPA, the United Nations…

UNFPA study shows limits on women’s reproductive decision-making worldwide -…

NEW YORK, USA - Approximately a quarter of women cannot refuse sex or make their own decisions about accessing proper health care…

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  • 26 Mar 2020
  • Statement

Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem 

Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem 

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  • 25 Mar 2020
  • Statement

Standing up together against the legacy of enslavement: racism, discrimination and continued injustice

Eliminating the systemic racism caused by enslavement is crucial to achieving a world of universal rights and choices for all.

Standing up together against the legacy of enslavement: racism, discrimination…

Eliminating the systemic racism caused by enslavement is crucial to achieving a world of universal rights and choices for all.

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  • 16 Mar 2020
  • Press Release

UNFPA sounds the alarm on dire situation facing women and girls in Syria, as conflict enters its 10th year

UNFPA expresses increasing concern about the women and girls trapped in the escalating humanitarian situation in Syria, especially in the north-west, as the conflict enters its 10th year.

UNFPA sounds the alarm on dire situation facing women and girls in Syria, as…

UNFPA expresses increasing concern about the women and girls trapped in the escalating humanitarian situation in Syria,…

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  • 08 Mar 2020
  • Statement

I am Generation Equality: Working together to achieve a gender-equal world

Let’s carry forward the goals of the feminists who came before us in partnership with those who uphold feminist ideals today.

I am Generation Equality: Working together to achieve a gender-equal world

Let’s carry forward the goals of the feminists who came before us in partnership with those who uphold feminist ideals today.

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  • 05 Mar 2020
  • Statement

UNFPA statement on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and pregnancy

UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, is closely monitoring and working with partners, governments and UN agencies to address the outbreak of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19),…

UNFPA statement on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and pregnancy

UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, is closely monitoring and working with partners, governments and UN agencies…

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