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16 November 2019
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No mother should give birth in unsafe conditions: working to live up to the ICPD promise in Libya
Twenty-five years ago, at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICDP) in Cairo, the world leaders adopted a revolutionary Programme of Action and …
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12 August 2019
Statement
My Body, My Life, My World! – a brand new rallying cry for the SDG generation
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Youth Day From their communities to their capital cities, young people everywhere are demanding their…
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11 July 2019
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day
Want to improve women’s lives and countries’ prospects for prosperity? Expand contraceptive choice. Her life. Her choice. Our future. Women have a…
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10 April 2019
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World must work harder to secure sexual and reproductive rights for all, says new UNFPA report
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 10 April 2019— The global reproductive rights movement that began in the 1960s transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of women,…
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10 December 2018
Press Release
New Study on Gender Justice & the Law in the Arab States Region: Challenges persist as Arab Countries advance on Laws affecting Gender Equality
Beirut, 10 December 2018 – Many Arab countries have introduced positive legislative reforms that promote gender equality and protect women from violence. Yet guaranteeing…
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26 September 2018
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Statement attributable to Dr. Luay Shabaneh, UNFPA Director for the Arab Region, on Libya
Cairo, 26 September 2018 – The alarming level of fighting in Tripoli puts the life of thousands of women and girls at risk. Over 2,000 women and girls are…
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06 September 2018
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Celebrating Young People in Libya
On 12 August, UNFPA celebrated the “International Youth Day” under the theme of “Safe Spaces for Youth,” involving hundreds of Libyan girls and boys in…
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06 June 2018
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UNFPA ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Year on year, millions of women and adolescents in 155 countries and territories have been progressively able to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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13 May 2018
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Fifty years ago, it became official: Family planning is a human right
Fifty years ago, on 13 May, the world declared family planning to be a basic human right.
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