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19 March 2020
News
UNITED NATIONS, New York – As the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world, governments are taking unprecedented measures to limit the spread of the virus, ramping up health system responses and... Read more
8 March 2020
Statement
This International Women's Day, we celebrate the icons who blazed the trail towards gender equality. We now look to today’s generation of activists, women who are shaping a vision of a better... Read more
6 March 2020
Statement
UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, is closely monitoring and working with partners, governments and UN agencies to address the outbreak of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19),... Read more
6 February 2020
Statement
Joint statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom... Read more
19 December 2019
News
“I think it is necessary to apply innovative methods, and to find a digital solution for improving the situation of girls and women in a country with very unfavourable rates of early marriages and... Read more
10 December 2019
Statement
Youth Standing up for Human Rights
On this Human Rights Day, we at UNFPA salute the young people who are pushing for progress and making meaningful change in their communities, countries and around... Read more
2 December 2019
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day
This World AIDS Day, UNFPA recognizes the vital role of communities in delivering sexual and reproductive health services... Read more
30 November 2019
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UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, together with the country offices of Georgia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, held a two-day workshop on the topic: healthy and active ageing. There was... Read more
25 November 2019
Statement
The crime of rape is a severe human rights violation, yet it remains widespread around the globe.
Sexual violence is an epidemic that thrives in times of conflict and during emergencies, once the... Read more
21 October 2019
News
On October 19, 2019, with joint efforts of the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Georgia and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Georgia Country Office, the United Nations Week was... Read more