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Niger, SWEDD: round table for resource mobilization to increase public and private investment
The financial resource mobilization round table of the Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend in the Sahel (SWEDD) project, under the theme, “Investing in Women's Empowerment and Human... Read more
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day
Her life. Her choice. Our future. Women have a right to make their own decisions about whether, when and how often to become pregnant. That right was reaffirmed in 1994 in Cairo at the landmark... Read more
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Heartfelt cry from a teenage girl in Niger
1 billion, 1 billion people affected by extreme poverty Health problems that cause thousands of deaths Unwanted pregnancy - lack of care - stillborn children A pattern that is repeated year after... Read more
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UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to address AU Heads of State and Government
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, is expected in Niamey, Niger from 5th to 8th July 2019, for a series of engagements organized on the margins of the... Read more
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UNFPA advocates for enhanced efforts to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage by 2030
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... Read more
UNFPA Deputy Executive Director and UN Assistant Secretary-General on official visit to Senegal and Sierra Leone
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... Read more
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Biography - Mr. Dereje Wordofa, UNFPA Deputy Executive Director in charge of Programmes
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
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Regional training workshop on Small Area Estimation
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
Niger: Focus on Integrated Health Centres
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
Maiguizo Kané Mahamane Mansour, Sultan of Tessaoua, champion of maternal health
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