News & Events
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- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Message of Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA
25 November 2009
In the 16 days leading up to Human Rights Day and every day, let us come together to demand an end to the most pervasive yet least reported human rights abuse in the world. Let us all take a stand and say loud and clear 'No to violence against women'.
- Women central to efforts to deal with climate change, says new UNFPA report
18 November 2009
Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in the debate about how to address problems of rising seas, droughts, melting glaciers and extreme weather, concludes The State of World Population 2009, released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2009
17 October 2009
To expand gains in human development and to realize rights that have been agreed to by nations around the world including Nepal, now is the time to invest in women and girls - in their health, education, participation and well-being.
- United Nations Marks Fifteenth Anniversary of ICPD
12 October 2009
The General Assembly today marked the fifteenth anniversary of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), which adopted a 20-year plan to provide access to reproductive health, reduce maternal deaths, promote women's rights and help reduce poverty.
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