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Nepal: South Korea pledges USD 3 lakh aid for victims of November earthqua
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The South Korean government pledged aid for the most vulnerable people in Nepal's Karnali region, which was hit by earthquake in early November this year.
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PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan leaders raise concerns over child marriage
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Civil society representatives including the head of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) expressed concerns over the absence of laws and constitutional protections for women in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan region, especially underage marriage.
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Global youth innovators crack the code on gender-based violence: Inclusive
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI/TechGig): Thirty-four-year-old Prachi Mittal from Team Nettwork beat 8,500 ideators to win the UNFPA India 'Hackathon: Crack the Code to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence (GBV)'. An automotive engineer by profession, she developed an inclusiveness
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The 12th National Laadli Media and Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 3 (ANI/SRV): The award ceremony for the national edition of the 12th Laadli Media & Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity (NLMAAGS) was held at the prestigious Tata Theatre, NCPA, on Tuesday the 29th of November. Noteworthy work in journalism, a
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J-K: National Health Mission holds 2-day capacity building workshop on mid
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A two-day capacity building workshop, jointly organised by National Health Mission Jammu and Kashmir, PGIMER Chandigarh and UNFPA New Delhi, kick started at SKIMS, Soura, on Thursday.
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UNFPA-TechGig launch a nationwide hackathon - Crack the Code to Prevent an
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI/TechGig): Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most prevalent human rights violations in the world. It knows no social, economic or national boundaries. Worldwide, an estimated 1 in 3 have women experienced physical or sexual abuse in her lifetime[1].
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Afghanistan has highest maternal deaths in Asia-Pacific: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI): Highlighting that Afghanistan has the highest maternal mortality rate in the Asia-Pacific region, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has raised concerns over the rise in maternal mortality during childbirth in the war-ravaged country.
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UN warns teen pregnancy costing economic progress in Uganda
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda), July 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Child marriages and teenage pregnancies are costing Uganda's social economic progress and not conducive to the country's wealth creation and prosperity, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Uganda Country Representative Mary Otieno said Monday.
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US rolling out new measures to fight Omicron, allocates additional USD 580
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): The US is rolling out new measures to fight COVID-19 variant Omicron by providing an additional USD 580 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to support seven partners who are working tirelessly in the global fight against coronavirus.
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UNFPA establishes two new offices in Afghanistan to deal with humanitarian
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 15 (ANI): The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has established two offices in Afghanistan to scale up humanitarian response to its nationals, the agency said on Monday.
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Top UN officials call for action to stamp out gender-based violence
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 26 (ANI): Top UN officials met in the margins of the 76th General Assembly on Thursday, with a strong call to action to stamp out gender-based violence (GBV), amid a rise in forced displacement and other humanitarian emergencies around the globe.
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COVID-19 crisis exacerbates the global shortage of 900,000 midwives
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]/ New York [US], May 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Millions of lives of women and newborns are lost, and millions more experience ill health or injury, because the needs of pregnant women and skills of midwives are not recognized or prioritized.
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