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28 June 2017
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Partnerships, empowerment and action: an essential services package to end violence against women and girls in Asia-Pacific

United Nations agencies convene over 100 partners from 12 countries for a landmark regional meeting to respond to gender-based violence

5 June 2017
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Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA

UNFPA mourns the passing away of Executive Director Dr Babatunde Osotimehin

With profound sadness, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, announces that its Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, passed away... Read more

4 November 2014
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Estimated 75,000 pregnant women affected by floods in Pakistan

People seek shelter on higher ground after late monsoon rains caused widespread flooding across Pakistan's Punjab region, affecting more than 2.5 million people, including an estimated 75,000... Read more

28 July 2014
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UNFPA responds to needs of 36,000 pregnant women displaced in Pakistan

Thousands of displaced families have been living for years in the Jalozai camp in Pakistan's Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At the end of June, military operations in  North Waziristan... Read more

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