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03 November 2020
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Mobile clinics treat reproductive cancers in villages along Ukraine's contact line
POPASNA, Ukraine – “I just hope it’s not cancer,” Valentina, 71, recalled thinking when she visited a mobile clinic in Ukraine last year. She had…
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28 October 2020
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Older people regularly visiting UNFPA-supported centres live healthier, longer lives, new study finds
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina – A network of 17 Healthy Ageing Centres supported by UNFPA in Bosnia and Herzegovina is having a dramatic positive impact on the health…
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21 October 2020
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Expanding Choices project to promote family-friendly policies launches in Albania
TIRANA, Albania – The project “Expanding Choices: Gender-Responsive Family Policies for the Private Sector in the Western Balkans and Moldova” was launched…
Read story20 October 2020
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Trusting statistics to tell the story
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem On World Statistics Day, 20 October 2020 A statistic is not only a number – it tells a human story. It…
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08 October 2020
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Creating the world that girls need to achieve their dreams
ISTANBUL, Turkey — At age 13, Sesili still has a lot of different ideas about what her future might hold. Her favourite classroom subject is physics, and she says she&rsquo…
Read story07 October 2020
Statement
Let's listen to girls and uphold their rights
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem On the International Day of the Girl 11 October 2020 It is every girl’s right to speak and to be heard. …
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01 October 2020
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New joint programme supports countries in upholding rights and dignity of older persons during COVID-19 and beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the rights and health of older persons, who made up 88 per cent of COVID-19 related deaths in Europe as of August 2020. Through…
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25 September 2020
Press Release
UNFPA Moldova will support private sector companies and the Government in extending family-friendly policies
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Moldova has launched the project “Expanding Choices: Gender-Responsive Family Policies for the Private Sector in the…
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25 September 2020
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Increasing access to family planning services in remote villages in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — In the remote villages of Tajikistan’s Temurmalik region, steady work isn’t always easy to come by. Neither are family planning services…
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