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18 March 2022
Press Release
Sixth Ordinary Session of the Regional Steering Committee for Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD)
The Regional Steering Committee (RSC) of the Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD) project is holding its 6th ordinary session on March 24th, 2022 in…
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08 March 2022
Press Release
Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day 8 March 2022
Women and girls pay a heavy price during conflicts and emergencies. More than 1.7 million people, mostly women and children, have now fled from their homes in Ukraine to…
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05 March 2022
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Teenagers whose lives have been changed by the Illimin initiative
Niger's "Illimin" adolescent initiative has made a big difference in the lives of thousands of adolescent girls across the country. Many of them have learned to read and write…
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25 February 2022
Press Release
UNFPA Leadership converges at regional confab in Lomé, to Accelerate and Scale-up Program interventions in new Strategic Plan
The Senior Leadership and Management of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is converging for a Regional Leadership Meeting (RLM) on the theme, “Leveraging the 2022-2025…
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15 February 2022
Press Release
Côte d’Ivoire-UNFPA cooperation: UNFPA Regional Director for West and Central Africa’s official visit to Abidjan
The United Nations Population Fund Regional Director for West and Central Africa Regional Office, Ms. Argentina Matavel Piccin, has ended an official visit to Côte d'Ivoire from 9…
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10 February 2022
Press Release
High-Level Advocacy Mission for Girls and Women Empowerment under the SWEDD Project
To promote inter-regional and inter-institutional cooperation and collaboration, the Director-General of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), the Regional Director of the…
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08 February 2022
Press Release
Launch of the Global Youth Consortium to end Female Genital Mutilation
In commemoration of the 2022 edition of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme to Eliminate Female Genital…
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30 November 2021
Press Release
Government of Nigeria commends UNFPA, calls on Ministers to champion UNFPA’s Three Transformative Results
The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has commended the work of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the country and calls on Ministers to champion the…
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25 November 2021
Press Release
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on official visit to Nigeria, West and Central Africa Region
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr. Natalia Kanem, has arrived in Nigeria for an official visit…
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