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  • 30 May 2024
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UNFPA Launches World’s First Initiative to Include Reproductive Health in ESG Standards

First-of-its kind metrics to track progress on key social issues in the workplace including maternity leave, fertility treatments, sexual harassment protocols

UNFPA Launches World’s First Initiative to Include Reproductive Health in ESG…

First-of-its kind metrics to track progress on key social issues in the workplace including maternity leave, fertility treatments…

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  • 28 May 2024
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Climate emergency threatens 41 million people, their livelihoods and health care in low-elevation coastal areas in Latin America and Caribbean

Tens of millions of people living in low-elevation coastal areas in Latin America and the Caribbean are facing the consequences of extreme weather events that threaten their lives and livelihoods and…

Climate emergency threatens 41 million people, their livelihoods and health…

Tens of millions of people living in low-elevation coastal areas in Latin America and the Caribbean are facing the consequences…

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  • 15 May 2024
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UNFPA's Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity reaffirms the need for hard-fought rights to be upheld despite emerging global trends

More than 200 participants are gathering in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 15 and 16 May to discuss how to achieve sustainable and equitable development in a world more demographically diverse than ever…

UNFPA's Global Dialogue on Demographic Diversity reaffirms the need for…

More than 200 participants are gathering in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 15 and 16 May to discuss how to achieve sustainable and…

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  • 29 Apr 2024
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Urgent call for country leadership and global solidarity to End Maternal and Newborn Deaths by 2030

New York 29 April 2024 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will join global leaders to call for renewed commitment towards progress on eradicating preventable maternal and newborn deaths at…

Urgent call for country leadership and global solidarity to End Maternal and…

New York 29 April 2024 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will join global leaders to call for renewed commitment…

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  • 16 Apr 2024
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New UNFPA report finds 30 years of progress in sexual and reproductive health has mostly ignored the most marginalized communities

Geneva 17 April 2024 – Sweeping global gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights over the last thirty years are marred by an ugly truth – millions of women and girls have not benefited…

New UNFPA report finds 30 years of progress in sexual and reproductive health…

Geneva 17 April 2024 – Sweeping global gains in sexual and reproductive health and rights over the last thirty years are marred…

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  • 15 Apr 2024
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“Life or death is a political decision” – Parliamentarians from over 100 countries reaffirm commitment to universal sexual and reproductive health and rights.

At the eighth global parliamentarians’ conference on population and development, 172 parliamentarians from 112 countries issued a forward-looking inclusive declaration confirming their commitment to…

“Life or death is a political decision” – Parliamentarians from over 100…

At the eighth global parliamentarians’ conference on population and development, 172 parliamentarians from 112 countries issued a…

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  • 09 Apr 2024
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International parliamentarians gather in Norway to boost global progress on sexual and reproductive health for women and girls

Oslo, 9 April 2024 – Over 170 parliamentarians from more than 110 countries are gathering in Oslo this week at a key global conference focusing on how they can help advance the sexual and…

International parliamentarians gather in Norway to boost global progress on…

Oslo, 9 April 2024 – Over 170 parliamentarians from more than 110 countries are gathering in Oslo this week at a key global…

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  • 05 Apr 2024
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Global Youth Dialogue in Benin Highlights Urgency for Swifter Progress and Youth Involvement in Reproductive Health and Rights

Cotonou, Benin, April 5, 2024 – At the Global Youth Dialogue in Cotonou, Benin, more than 400 young people from 130 countries called for decisive action by leaders on the issues that matter most to…

Global Youth Dialogue in Benin Highlights Urgency for Swifter Progress and…

Cotonou, Benin, April 5, 2024 – At the Global Youth Dialogue in Cotonou, Benin, more than 400 young people from 130 countries…

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  • 20 Mar 2024
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Joint UNFPA-Unitaid venture backed by major EU funding aims to eliminate the leading cause of mothers dying in childbirth in Africa

Partnership combines Unitaid’s record of innovative solutions in treating major diseases in low-and middle-income countries with UNFPA’s global maternal health leadership and network of midwives…

Joint UNFPA-Unitaid venture backed by major EU funding aims to eliminate the…

Partnership combines Unitaid’s record of innovative solutions in treating major diseases in low-and middle-income countries with…

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