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Ministers at Women Deliver Pledge to Ensure Universal Access to Family Planning

31 May 2013
<p>Government ministers at the Women Deliver conference pledged to ensure that sexual and reproductive health are central to the post-2015 development agenda.</p>
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'Girls and Women Must Be at the Heart of Post-2015 Development Agenda'

30 May 2013
<p>Two important advocates for family planning, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin (centre) and (to his right) Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on the final day of the Women Deliver conference.</p>
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Pledges to Give Poor Women Access to Family Planning Are Having an Impact

28 May 2013
<p>Family planning panel on day two of Women Deliver (left to right) UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin;&nbsp; Melinda Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Philippines Secretary of Health Dr. Enrique Ona; and Dr. Awa Coll-Seck, Minister of Health in Senegal</p>
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Investing in Women and Girls Pays: Highlights from Women Deliver

28 May 2013
<p>UNFPA's Executive Director with Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway and champion of women's rights, at the first day of the Women Deliver conference.</p>
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Symposium Identifies Ways to Strengthen Quality Midwifery Care

27 May 2013
<p>Every Woman, Every Child: A Midwifery Perspective.&nbsp; Scroll down to view the full infographic and <a href="https://storify.com/unfpa/midwivesmatter" target="_blank">Storify</a> recap.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
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In Fiji, UNFPA Chief Stresses Women's Empowerment, Girls Education

08 May 2013
<p>Following the formal opening of the G77 High-Level Panel of Eminent Personalities of the South, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin posed along with other eminent figures, including Heads of State of the Pacific Island Nations.</p>
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Myanmar Tests Procedures for Its 2014 Census

22 April 2013
<p>Data processing center at the Department of Population in the Ministry of Inmigration and Population in Nay Pyi Daw, Myanmar's new capital city. <i>Photo &copy; UNFPA Myanmar/Pyay Kyaw Myint</i> </p>
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New Evidence Reveals High Rates of Violence against Women and Girls in the Asia and Pacific Region

14 March 2013
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Bhutanese Midwife Learns from Thailand’s Experience

21 January 2013
<p>A South- South cooperation project aims to help Bhutan learn from the dramatic reductions in maternal mortality Thailand has achieved over the last two decades.</p>
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Piloting Community Maternal Health Care to Save Mothers' Lives in Tibet

19 December 2012
Xi-re takes the blood pressure of one of her clients Photo: Chen Jianzhong/UNFPA
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