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08 March 2022
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Women and girls pay a heavy price during conflicts and emergencies
Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day 8 March 2022 More than 1.7 million people, mostly women and children, have now fled from their homes in…
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13 December 2021
Press Release
Women and girls’ needs require urgent attention as climate shocks, conflict and COVID-19 fuel humanitarian crises
$835 million is needed to provide life-saving essential services to meet health and protection needs of 54.5 million displaced women, girls and young people in 2022 UNITED…
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02 December 2021
Press Release
UNFPA launches bodyright, a new ‘copyright’ symbol to demand protection from online violence
“It’s time for technology companies and policymakers to take digital violence seriously,” said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem. “Right now,…
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01 December 2021
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2021
Pandemics will thrive as long as inequalities do As the world endures a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot forget that we are also on the cusp of the fifth…
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25 November 2021
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day to End Violence against Women
Violence in the online world is real. It is also wrong, and it must be stopped. It may seem like the online world is safe for women and girls. What could possibly happen, at…
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15 November 2021
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In follow-up to the Nairobi Summit, High-Level Commission calls for urgent, ambitious action to end alarming disparities in sexual and reproductive justice
>> Review the report The first report of the independent advisory body comes at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has seen a harrowing setback in women and girls…
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11 November 2021
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Second Anniversary of Nairobi Summit on ICPD25
In 1994, the landmark International Conference on Population and Development fundamentally changed the way we look at our societies. It put people, rights and choices at the…
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01 November 2021
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Five ways climate change hurts women and girls
UNITED NATIONS, New York – In a year that has seen a global onslaught of catastrophic heat waves, wildfires, floods and drought, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
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08 October 2021
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
International Day of the Girl 11 October Girls are born with power. Every girl has within her possibilities that should…
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