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7th October 2020
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Six decades ago, the first oral contraceptive pill was introduced. Oral contraceptives – and other modern, reliable family planning supplies – have since been globally recognized as essential medicines. Family planning supplies empower women and girls to…
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28th September 2020
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – “In the past, I was really afraid because of COVID-19,” Frantzia Noël told UNFPA. She is 35 years old and 4 months pregnant, living in north-western Haiti. Fear of the virus has discouraged many women…
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24th September 2020
“Together, we can improve the world long after we’re here to see it.” Mary Lindsay, one of USA for UNFPA’s co-founders, on why she has named USA for UNFPA in her will and encourages her fellow supporters to do the…
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24th September 2020
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is the piercing, cutting, removing, or sewing closed of a girl’s external genitalia for no medical reason. Women who’ve been subjected to FGM are at risk of a lifetime of physical and emotional pain. Although internationally…
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