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31 May 2016
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Article on Sexual health in East Asia: it's a matter of life and death

"And to muster that will, let us remember that the mother from an ethnic minority who died from bleeding in childbirth because she could not reach a clinic in time, the teenage girl in an urban slum... Read more

23 May 2016
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Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund

  United Nations, New York, 23 May 2016 Significant gains have been made in improving sexual and reproductive health and advancing reproductive rights since the 1994 Cairo International Conference... Read more

10 May 2016
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Op_Ed by John M. Pile, UNFPA Representative in Timor-Leste on Family planning and gender equality in Timor-Leste

  This week the IV Ministerial Meeting on Equality of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) is taking place in Dili. For the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, in Timor-Leste, it... Read more

4 May 2016
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Statement on the Occasion of International Day of Midwife, 2016, by UNFPA's Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

Midwives: health heroes for women, adolescent girls and newborns International Day of the Midwife 2016 Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA, The United Nations... Read more

4 April 2016
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UNFPA Timor-Leste supports Ministry of Health Timor-Leste conducting Peer Educator Training to PNTL members from 12 Municipalities

  Dili, 29-31 March 2016: UNFPA Timor-Leste supported Ministry of Health Timor-Leste conducting Peer Educator Training to PNTL's members from 12 municipalities on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/... Read more

14 March 2016
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UNFPA-TL and Ministry of Health conduct M&E Training to 13 Police Commanders

  Dili, Hotel J.Villa Monday (14/03/2016), General Commander of Policia Nacional Timor-Leste (PNTL-National Police of Timor-Leste), Mr. Julio da Costa Hornay participates in training activity... Read more

8 March 2016
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Statement on the Occasion of International Women's Day by UNFPA's Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

Step It Up for Gender Equality Statement on the Occasion of International Women's DaybyUNFPA's Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin 08 March 2016 For millions of women and girls around the... Read more

24 February 2016
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 Left to right Dr. Domingas Sarmento (UNFPA-TL), Ms. Alzira Belo (Alola Foundation), Mr. John M. Pile (UNFPA-TL), Mrs. Imaculada Guterres (Alola Foundation), and Ms. Carla da Costa (UNFPA-TL)

UNFPA-TL donates maternity packages to Alola Foundation

  Dili, 16 February 2016 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA-TL) Timor-Leste donated 650 maternity packages to Alola Foundation The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) donated 650... Read more

15 February 2016
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Upholding women’s human rights essential to Zika response

  GENEVA (5 February 2016) - Upholding women's human rights is essential if the response to the Zika health emergency is to be effective, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein... Read more

23 December 2015
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UNFPA Donates Motorbikes to Civil Registration for Vital Statistic, NSD

Dili, 23rd December 2015 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) donated thirteen motorcycles to Civil Registration for Vital Statistic (CRVS) of the National Statistic Department (NSD).   In... Read more

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