Statement

Executive Director's Statement on the Occasion of the International Day of Older Persons

01 October 2014
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Youth Envoy shines spotlight on young people’s development priorities

25 September 2014
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte speak with young people at a high-level event at UN Headquarters in New York.
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News

Youth activists help adolescents beat the odds in remote Vanuatu

03 October 2014
Members of the Aneityum music project fetch firewood for a sing-along on the beach. Photo credit: UNFPA Pacific
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News

Empowerment programmes help girls break free of violence

09 October 2014
Edna Musada, a Sista2Sista facilitator in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, shows girls how to play gutu, a game she uses to demonstrate the importance of family planning. Photo credit: UNFPA Zimbabwe
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Statement

UNFPA statement on the Nobel Peace Prize announcement

10 October 2014

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warmly welcomes the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Malala Yousafzai, which acknowledges Malala’s struggle to promote the rights of young girls, particularly to education. Malala’s convictions inspire young people all over the world, and her activism proves what young people can achieve once their potential is fulfilled.

UNFPA also congratulates Kailash Satyarthi for a well-deserved honour received for his long history in defending the rights of children.
 

News

Displaced Iraqi women, youth receive psychosocial support

13 October 2014
Nada (name changed) and her siblings sit in a tent in the Khanke Camp for displaced Iraqis, in Dohuk. They were forced to flee when their community was attacked by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS). Photo credit: UNFPA/Millat Horiri
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Youth volunteers in Iran show their selfies to promote role of young people

28 August 2014
Young volunteers at a UNFPA-supported training in Kerman, Iran, participate in the #showyourselfie campaign to promote the role of youth in development.Photo credit: UNFPA Iran
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From promise to action: Ending preventable maternal deaths in Kenya

29 August 2014
Women await post-natal care at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, one of the 15 counties where maternal death rates are highest. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Kenya
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News

On World Humanitarian Day, celebrating UNFPA’s humanitarian heroes

19 August 2014
Catherine Njeri Makumi, a volunteer midwife in Juba, South Sudan. Photo: UNFPA South Sudan/Jaime Jacques
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Press release

United Nations Population Fund and Global Citizen Launch Worldwide “#showyourselfie” petition – Mobilizing People to Say “Youth Matter!”

12 August 2014
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