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06 April 2023
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UNFPA welcomes high-level commitment for Educated, Healthy and Thriving Adolescents and Young People in West and Central Africa
Dakar, Senegal, 6 April 2023- The United Nations Population Fund West and Central Africa Regional Office welcomes the high-level Ministerial Commitment for Educated, Healthy and…
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05 April 2023
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day 2023
Every two minutes, a woman dies giving birth. As the clock counts down another year, 287,000 more women will meet the same tragic fate. Most of these deaths are preventable. They…
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04 April 2023
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UNFPA Supplies Partnership Programme Regional Meeting ends in Senegal
The United Nations Population Fund West and Central Africa Regional Office, in partnership with the UNFPA Commodity Security Branch, Technical Division and with support from the…
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13 March 2023
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UNFPA's West and Central Africa Director concludes weeklong working visit to Guinea-Bissau
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau/Dakar, Senegal- The United Nations Population Fund- (UNFPA) Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Ms. Argentina Matavel Piccin, on Friday, 10 March…
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07 March 2023
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women’s Day 2023
Women and girls, in all their diversities, have the fundamental right to live free from violence and to have agency over their bodies and lives, both offline and in virtual spaces…
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27 February 2023
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12.6 million women and girls in Yemen need life-saving support
As governments meet in Geneva to raise funds for the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, urgently reminds the…
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23 February 2023
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A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies
New data show major setbacks for maternal health in many parts of the world, highlighting stark disparities in healthcare access …
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23 February 2023
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SWEDD regional workshop opens with commitment to strengthen legal environment for the protection of Women's Rights
Senegal’s Director of Cabinet in the Ministry of Women, Family and Child Protection, Mr. Mouhamed Ndiaye on 21 February 2023 said, “The fight against gender-based violence, is a…
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23 February 2023
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Earthquake survivors include 356,000 pregnant women who urgently require reproductive healthcare
New York/Geneva - Among the survivors of the earthquakes that devastated lives in Türkiye and Syria are around 356,000 pregnant women who urgently need access to reproductive…
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