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20 June 2019
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UNFPA DED Mr. Dereje Wordofa
“We are not aiming for fewer cases of female genital mutilation and child marriage. We are insisting on reaching the number zero!” noted Dereje Wordofa, Deputy Executive... Read more
14 June 2019
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The Deputy Executive Director for the United Nations Populations Fund and UN Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Dereje Wordofa
The Deputy Executive Director for the United Nations Populations Fund and... Read more
14 June 2019
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On April 16th 2019, UNFPA appointed Mr. Dereje Wordofa, Deputy Executive Director. A national of Ethiopia, he has over 28 years of successful experience in providing strategic leadership, advocacy,... Read more
11 June 2019
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Press Release
The West and Central Africa Regional Office of the United Nations Population (UNFPA WCARO) is organizing a regional training workshop on Small Area Estimation technique in Cote d’... Read more
3 June 2019
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Niger has eight mother and child centres across its territory. These centres offer various services, including ante- and post-natal consultations, care for high-risk pregnancies, caesarean sections... Read more
3 June 2019
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Health improvement project in Tessaoua: “One family, one measure of millet”
In Tessaouaa, it is not uncommon to see women, men or whole families coming to town to ask for help to get a son, daughter... Read more
27 May 2019
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, recommitted to the revolutionary decision taken at the 1994 International Conference on Population and... Read more
23 May 2019
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, 23 May 2019
Fistula is a human rights violation – end it now!
Shame, isolation and... Read more
16 May 2019
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The Regional Director of the United Nations Population Fund for the West and Central Africa Regional Office (UNFP WCARO), Mabingue NGOM paid a working visit to Benin from 5 to 9 May 2019. During his... Read more
11 April 2019
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The global reproductive rights movement that began in the 1960s transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of women, empowering them to govern their own bodies and shape their own futures. But... Read more