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11 July 2019
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day 2019
Want to improve women’s lives and countries’ prospects for prosperity? Expand contraceptive choice. Her life. Her choice. Our future. Women…
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02 July 2019
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“Women’s leadership is synonymous to success” says Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare, at UNFPA, Women’s Bureau, UN Women 3-day training on women’s leadership
Women’s participation in leadership and decision making, is a prerequisite for socio-economic advancement. It is the bedrock for laying a strong foundation for a community…
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13 June 2019
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UNFPA Supports Training of Women in Peacebuilding Network Committees on Early Warning, Conflict Prevention and Mitigation
The role of women in peacebuilding, cannot be underestimated. In times of conflict, they are part of the most vulnerable and highly affected. During such times, their enjoyment…
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30 May 2019
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UNFPA The Gambia Supports Training of Women in Leadership and Peacebuilding
In order to ensure that the unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal deaths and harmful practices such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Child Marriages end in…
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30 May 2019
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The Gambia Programme of Action on Youth Launched
In 2017, the Gambian National Youth Council (NYC) under the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS), with support from UNFPA and other partners, organised its biennial National Youth…
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23 May 2019
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Day to End Obstetric Fistula 2019
Fistula is a human rights violation – end it now! Shame, isolation and segregation are among the indignities faced by the hundreds of thousands of women and girls…
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05 May 2019
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Day of the Midwife 2019
Midwives— Defenders of Human Rights Midwives are public health heroes, ensuring that a woman can have a healthy pregnancy, safe childbirth and essential care for her…
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11 April 2019
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Ending Fistula in The Gambia: A Story of Survival, Restored Dignity and Hope
Surviving a 90-day journey of healing, excitement for a possible transformation of their lives, hope for restored dignity and on the other hand, fear of a failed surgery, was the…
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25 March 2019
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UNFPA The Gambia Leads ICPD+25 Engagements at the 3rd Pan-African Youth Conference on African Unity and Development in Banjul
The 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt, coupled with the 50th anniversary of UNFPA, call for galvanized efforts to…
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