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  • Teaming Up to Provide Maternal Care Following Severe Floods in the Philippines

    17 February 2012

    NORTHERN MINDANAO, Philippines -- In the midst of the severe flooding brought on by tropical storm Washi, Analiza Tumanda was resigned to the idea of giving birth on the rooftop of a neighbour’s house.
  • 'Cultural Tradition' is No Excuse for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

    17 February 2012

    WASHINGTON, D. C. --- Governments, international agencies and non-governmental organizations are making progress toward ending female genital mutilation/cutting, or FGM/C, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a meeting in Washington to mark International Day of Zero Tolerance.
  • New Website, ICPD Beyond 2014, is Launched

    15 February 2012

    UNITED NATIONS -- Many young leaders around the world are too young to remember the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, which took place in Cairo. But the plan that emerged from the conference – the ICPD Programme of Action – remains relevant twenty years later.
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Annual Report 2010

Maternal Health Thematic Fund

Maternal Health Trust Fund Outlines progress in efforts in priority countries towards saving women's lives and achieving universal access to reproductive health.

UNFPA Flagship Report

State of World Population 2011

This year's report probes different dimensions of a world of 7 billion.
It argues for investments in people and sound planning informed by
demographic trends.

State of World's Midwifery report

Campaign to End Fistula

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Updates

Country Profiles
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Includes population and reproductive health international statistics and indicators.

Song for 7 Billion

Playing for Change
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More than 50 musicians from 13 countries play together on this new world anthem: United.
Watch the video.

Infographic

Declining rates of FGM/C
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Charts show progress in that female genital mutilation/cutting, still common in many countries, is declining.

Resource Page

Sex Ratio Imbalance
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News, updates, media reports and resources on prenatal sex selection

MORE at video.unfpa.org

Rio+20: Future We Want

The Future We Want exhibit, website, and educational curriculum will paint a positive vision for a sustainable future. For more information, please visit futurewewant.org

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3 min 33 sec 2011
Slideshow: Mozambique

Innovative programs supported by UNFPA are improving the lives of women in Mozambique.

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8 min 56 sec 2011
Mobilisation Communautair pour Sauver la vie des Populations Vulnerables

Produced by the UNFPA Central African Republic Office - "Social Mobilization to Save Vulnerable People's Lives." French with English subtitles.

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5 min 42 sec 2011
Mexico: Streets not paved with gold

Thousands of young people live as homeless on the streets of Mexico City, the world's eighth largest city. Many find themselves in squalid and often dangerous conditions.

MORE at video.unfpa.org