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15 May 2015
Statement for International Day of the Midwife by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
Today, on the International Day of the Midwife, we stand in solidarity with midwives worldwide and thank them for the life-saving work they do.
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08 March 2015
Message on the occasion of International Women’s Day: Beijing at 20 by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director 8 March 2015
During the upcoming Commission on the Status of Women, we look to the world’s leaders to commit to stronger action and the full implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action…
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06 February 2015
Joint Statement on International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
UNFPA, UNICEF, the International Confederation of Midwives and the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics A call to action for health workers…
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01 December 2014
Message of Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director, for World AIDS Day- Universal Human Rights and Access - Key to Ending AIDS
Today, on World AIDS Day, I join every person around the world who believes the next generation should be free of HIV and AIDS. More than 30 years into the epidemic, we have…
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25 November 2014
Message of UNFPA Executive Director for International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
As we commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, let us mobilize for the 16 days of activism from now until Human Rights Day on 10 December…
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16 October 2014
UNFPA Press Release - Ebola Wiping Out Gains in Safe Motherhood
HQ/2014/8 16 October 2014 Ebola Wiping Out Gains in Safe Motherhood More than 800,000 pregnant women face much greater risk in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
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10 October 2014
Message of Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child 11 October 2014- Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence
Today on the International Day of the Girl Child, I join every person around the world who believes that adolescent girls should live free of violence and discrimination.
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23 September 2014
World Leaders Commit to Intensify Efforts to Realize Women’s Health, Rights, Equality
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 22 September 2014—More than 140 presidents, heads of government, ministers and high officials from around the world today reaffirmed their countries’…
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19 August 2014
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin for World Humanitarian Day 2014
As we celebrate World Humanitarian Day, I salute those who respond to crises and work tirelessly to save people in times of deep distress and danger. Today’s theme, “The World…
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