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COVID-19 is a crisis for women in Sudan

calendar_today 01 May 2020

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COVID-19 is a crisis for women in Sudan

Women and youth helped bring change in Sudan and can limit spread of COVID-19 KHARTOUM — The COVID-19 pandemic is set to exacerbate pre-existing gender inequalities and the…

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My Body, My Life, My World! – a brand new rallying cry for the SDG generation

calendar_today 12 August 2019

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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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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day

calendar_today 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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World must work harder to secure sexual and reproductive rights for all, says new UNFPA report

calendar_today 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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Take action to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030

calendar_today 06 February 2019

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Take action to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030

Mary Oloiparuni was 13 when she was mutilated. Restrained in a doorway early one morning in her home, she was cut, bled profusely and experienced agonizing pain. The scarring she…

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UNFPA ANNUAL REPORT 2017

calendar_today 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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Fifty years ago, it became official: Family planning is a human right

calendar_today 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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Nine standards to uphold the human right to family planning

calendar_today 13 May 2018

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Nine standards to uphold the human right to family planning

UNFPA and the World Health Organization have recognized nine standards that must be met in every community, for every individual.

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UNFPA Sudan and the Ministry of International Cooperation Renewed Partnership by Signing the New Country Programme Action Plan (2018- 2021)

calendar_today 21 February 2018

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UNFPA Sudan and the Ministry of International Cooperation Renewed Partnership by Signing the New Country Programme Action Plan (2018- 2021)

Khartoum 21 February 2018- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Ministry of International Cooperation (MIC), signed The Country Program Action Plan (2018- 2021) with a…

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