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16 September 2024
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SWEDD hosts successful workshop on transforming harmful gender norms and addressing gender-based violence
The Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD) project recently hosted a regional workshop aimed at reinforcing programmes that target harmful social norms and…
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12 September 2024
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“A race against time”: Djamila’s journey to hospital by canoe in flood-ravaged Cameroon
FAR NORTH REGION, Cameroon – As Djamila* clutched her pregnant belly, the floodwaters rose around her, threatening to engulf the fragile canoe she had escaped in. “The water…
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30 August 2024
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Dr Sennen HOUNTON's statement on Sierra Leone at the Executive Board
Mister President, Distinguished Members of the Executive Board, In Sierra Leone, important achievements have been made that give reasons for some optimism: the government…
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27 August 2024
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Statement by Dr. Sennen Hounton, Regional Director, UNFPA West and Central Africa during the UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS Executive Board
The security situation has substantially worsened in the Sahel and its effects expand far beyond to the costal countries.
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16 July 2024
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Safe Spaces for Boukaya's Women in the Central African Republic
In the locality of Boukaya, in the northwest of the Central African Republic, the challenges faced by women and girls are exacerbated by the persistence of armed conflicts and…
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16 July 2024
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The Gambia’s decision to uphold ban on FGM critical win for girls’ and women’s rights
Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, UNFPA Executive Director, Natalia Kanem, WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UN Women Executive…
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09 July 2024
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Embracing the Digital Age: The Gambia conducted its first ever digital population and housing census
The Gambia conducted its first ever digital Population and Housing Census in a welcomed move towards enhancing data accuracy and promoting sustainable development. This initiative…
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08 July 2024
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To leave no one behind, count everyone
Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day
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02 July 2024
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Sierra Leone launches innovative Pregnancy Registration and Service Tracking Application
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 2 July, 2024 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) joined the Ministry of Health, the Directorate of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSTI) and…
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