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Want to end preventable maternal deaths? Spend (at least) six times more by 2030

29 July 2019
To achieve zero preventable maternal deaths in 76 high-burden countries, annual spending would need to rise to $7.8 billion by 2030. © UNFPA Jordan
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Statement

JOINT STATEMENT: Hormonal contraceptive methods and HIV acquisition in women

13 June 2019
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Barcode technology transforms access to family planning in the Philippines

03 June 2019
Ms. Bedla and midwife Ms. Ruanto at the San Roque health centre. © UNFPA Philippines/Reginald Sarmenta
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Muslim minority women break barriers to embrace family planning in Nepal

11 April 2019
Local volunteers show Nepali families the benefits of voluntary family planning. ©UNFPA Nepal
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Female Islamic preachers call for women’s rights, contraception in Niger

27 February 2019
In this Islamic study group, older women bring up questions that younger women are too embarrassed to raise. © UNFPA WCARO/Habibou Dia
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“I was a little girl taking care of other kids” – After violence and neglect, women in Morocco find space to heal

12 December 2018
Nuzha was barely six years old when her father forced her into domestic labour to support her siblings. “I was responsible for feeding the whole family,” she told UNFPA. © UNFPA Morocco
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Updates

Canada supports greater access to contraceptives and medicines for women and girls worldwide

13 Nov 2018
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem (left) with Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canada’s Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, at the fifth International Conference on Family Planning in Kigali, Rwanda. © UNFPA/Usenabasi Esiet
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