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Coming together in a time of COVID-19

September 29, 2020

At the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, leaders from governments and international organizations called for specific actions to address the financial and socioeconomic consequences of COVID-19. UNFPA's Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem called for leaders to urgently support the health, rights and welfare of all.

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On World Humanitarian Day, UNFPA applauds real-life superheroes

19 August 2020

In Nepal, Mitraminu Dhakal provides care to pregnant women, new mothers and newborns.

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UNFPA announces appointment of new Deputy Executive Directors for Management and Programme

24 June 2020

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COVID-19 Message: Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director

March 26, 2020

UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, stands in solidarity with all those responding to the novel coronavirus: from the medical staff and volunteers bravely tending to the sick, to the bus drivers and care-workers who have been catapulted onto the front line of the response. And we grieve with the growing number of those who have lost loved ones in the greatest global health crisis in a century.

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Message on Ending Child Marriage: Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director

March 25, 2020

Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director, on ending child marriage.

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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day

April 7, 2020

On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to everything we do at UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Their life-saving skills go far beyond delivering babies; midwives educate, empower and enable women to lead healthy lives and to exercise their right to sexual and reproductive health.
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Report of the Director of the Office of Audit and Investigation Services on UNFPA internal audit and investigation activities in 2019

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This is how much it will cost to realize the world we want

13 November 2019

In 10 years, the world could achieve three transformative results, at a price tag of only $264 billion, according to new research unveiled at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25. © UNFPA Uganda

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As Nairobi Summit opens, leaders express optimism and urgency in securing rights for all

12 November 2019

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Nuns and monks break the silence on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Bhutan

04 November 2019

Nuns and monks gathered at Pangrizampa College of Astrology to speak with UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem about their work on sexual and reproductive health and rights. © UNFPA Bhutan/Nilanjana Bose

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