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Two Districts in Northern Ethiopia Declare an End to Female Genital Cutting
<p>AFAR, Ethiopia — An official declaration marking the abandonment of female genital cutting was issued recently in the Amibara and the Awash-Fentale districts of Ethiopia’s Afar Region.</p>
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Facing the New Challenges of an Ageing World
What happens when there are no longer enough young people to pay for the demands on a country’s social security system as the ranks of the elderly grow?
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New Jobs and Livelihoods Get Fistula Survivors on their Feet
DRC/ LIBERIA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO --- It takes more than an operation to get fistula survivors on their feet. First there’s a recovery period, two weeks on average, so that the patients can heal after surgery.
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New Executive Director Makes First Official Visit to Nordic Countries
<p class="paddedContent">STOCKHOLM/ COPENHAGEN/OSLO <b>---</b> Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the new Executive Director of UNFPA, is making his first official visits to Sweden, Denmark, Norway…
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Congo/Women Projected on Façade of Nobel Peace Centre
OSLO — No woman should die giving life, yet almost 800 women die every day from pregnancy-related causes, 99 per cent of them in developing countries.
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Africa Shows Signs of Winning War against Female Fenital Mutilation/cutting
<p>In Africa, if you play music in an open space, any music, then people will generally come. "It is the way to reach people, to bring them together." So says Sister Fa, a Senegalese urban soul and hip-…
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Artists Voice their Support to Improved Maternal Health in Tanzania
DAR ES SALAM, Tanzania — UNFPA along with MDGFive.com, a network of global artists, have brought together a group of renowned American and Tanzanian artists to use music and songs in raising awareness of the maternal…
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UN Agency Executive Boards Spotlight Equity and Development
<p>NEW YORK — At a joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNICEF and four other UN agencies, Executive Director Anthony Lake this morning called for a global commitment to reaching the poorest and most…
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Bringing Health Care to Displaced Women in Cote D'Ivoire
ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire — In the aftermath of post-election violence here, almost 18 thousand people -- 70 per cent of them women, children and older persons – have been temporarily re-settled in the Western part of the…
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