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UNFPA Executive Director's statement on World AIDS Day

calendar_today 01 December 2016

UNFPA Executive Director's statement on World AIDS Day

It is past time to get serious about HIV prevention. We cannot hope to end the AIDS epidemic when every day almost 6,000 people are infected with HIV.

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Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2016

calendar_today 24 November 2016

Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2016

This is 2016 and yet one in three women worldwide still experiences or has experienced some form of physical or sexual violence, usually perpetrated by someone she knows. Moreover…

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Launching of results of the 2015 Census of Population and Housing

calendar_today 17 November 2016

Launching of results of the 2015 Census of Population and Housing

Dili, 17 November 2016 - The vice Minister of Finance, Mr. Helder Lopes launches the 2015's census result at the meeting room of Ministry of Social Solidary, Caicoli. The…

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Technical Committee meetings to review and update standards and treatment pathways for care during birth and immediate postpartum period

calendar_today 28 October 2016

Technical Committee meetings to review and update standards and treatment pathways for care during birth and immediate postpartum period

Technical Committee meetings to review and update standards and treatment pathways for care during birth and immediate postpartum period were conducted by the Ministry of Health…

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Op_Ed by By Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin , Executive Director UNFPA, on the Occasion of State World Population Report 2016

calendar_today 19 October 2016

Op_Ed by By Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin , Executive Director UNFPA, on the Occasion of State World Population Report 2016

Why our future depends on a 10-year-old girl By Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

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Making Girls Count in the Sustainable Development Goals Era

calendar_today 12 October 2016

Making Girls Count in the Sustainable Development Goals Era

  Since 2012, the United Nations marks 11 October as the "International Day of the Girl Child." The day promotes girls' human rights, highlights gender…

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Statement of the Executive Director on the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October 2016

calendar_today 10 October 2016

Statement of the Executive Director on the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October 2016

  Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on the International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October 2016 Is anyone out there even thinking of…

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There is no such thing as taboo topics in Timor-Leste now

calendar_today 28 September 2016

There is no such thing as taboo topics in Timor-Leste now

  With those words Father Agostinho Soares, The Representative of the Vicar Episcopal of Dili Diocese, told an enthralled audience at the 21-22 September National…

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2016 National Conference on Reproductive Health “Investment in women’s health is investment for Timor-Leste’s future”

calendar_today 23 September 2016

2016 National Conference on Reproductive Health “Investment in women’s health is investment for Timor-Leste’s future”

National Parliament, Dili, 21-22 September 2016 - A crucial conference was held in Dili last week to underscore the importance of investing in the sexual and reproductive health…

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