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  • Special Youth Fellows Head Back to Work in their Home Countries

    31 August 2010

    NEW YORK — Each spring, the halls of UNFPA come alive with youthful energy as a new crop of Special Youth Fellows come on board. And then, four and a half months later they leave, to take experiences and capacities gained back to the UNFPA offices in their respective countries.

  • UNFPA Executive Director Delivers Her Final Executive Board Statement

    30 August 2010

    NEW YORK — When she first addressed her Executive Board nearly a decade ago, Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid highlighted three basic challenges facing UNFPA: ensuring a financially stable Fund, strengthening its institutional capacity, and addressing the social and cultural context of programme development and delivery.

  • World Youth Conference: Why It Pays to Invest in Young People

    27 August 2010

    LEON, Mexico — The idea that governments must invest more in young people been repeated in forums and panels throughout the World Youth Conference this week. But why is this so important?
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UN update

MDG Report

Addressing Gender-based Violence The world is on track to meet th MDG goal of halving poverty by 2015. But progress on maternal health lags, according to the official report.

Countdown to 2015

Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival

Addressing Gender-based Violence This new report collects and analyses data from the 68 countries that account for at least 95 per cent of maternal and child deaths.

Security Council Resolution 1325

Ongoing Campaign

Events

20-22 September, New York
Millennium Development Goals Summit

20 October, Worldwide
World Statistics Day

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Young people

Leading the way in HIV prevention
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HIV prevalence trends in 16 countries show decline among young people. Declines of 25 per cent or more are reported in 15 out of 21 countries most affected by HIV.

Fact Sheets

HIV Prevention
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New Fact Sheets deal with six aspects of the AIDS epidemic and interventions to prevent HIV.

Summit

MDGs at 10
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The world gears up to review progress, identify gaps, and commit to a concrete action agenda.

Blogs from the Youth Conference
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Add It Up: Saving Money + Saving Lives

No woman should die giving life. Especially since we know how to save them.  The solutions aren't complicated and they actually save money in the long run. And they could save hundreds of thousands of women every year.

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3 min 17 sec. August 2010
Young and At Risk in Georgia

Although well-educated, many young people in Georgia still have a lot to learn about sexually transmitted infections including HIV, which are on the rise throughout the country.

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12 min 07 sec July 2010
Stories of Mothers Saved

Individual stories of women who have lived to tell their stories - who did not die needlessly in pregnancy or childbirth - due to a key action taken by her, her family, the community, a health worker, a political leader or others.

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0 min 40 sec July 2010
PSA: Be a Champion, End Violence Against Women

Cameroonian professional footballer Samuel Eto'o speaks out on violence against women in this short public service announcement.

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