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19 August 2018
Statement
Urgent Efforts Needed to Protect Women and Girls in Crises
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on  World Humanitarian Day 2018   Women and girls uprooted by war or disaster are at heightened risk of rape, exploitation and abuse. Yet... Read more
12 August 2018
Statement
Let’s Put Young People at the Centre
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on  International Youth Day 2018  We want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and make good on our pledge to leave no one behind. We... Read more
9 August 2018
News
Haiti / Emergency: Prevention is better than cure
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 9 August 2018 --- More than 50 representatives of organizations and institutions working on humanitarian risk management participated on 31 July and 1 August 2018 in a workshop... Read more
6 August 2018
News
Youth Leadership Camp in Lima: "An opportunity for me to represent my country and promote the voice of young people," said Christa Exil
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, August 6, 2018 --- "Participating in this activity is an opportunity for me to represent my country and promote the voice of young people, especially young women." Christa Exil... Read more
1 August 2018
News
Improve the supply of reproductive health services in Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1 August 2018 --- ¨For the eight months following its inauguration, the health center of Thiotte (south-east of Haiti) did not ensure any delivery, because the conditions were... Read more
18 July 2018
Statement
Message of Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, on the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, 18 July 2018
 “You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.”  — President Nelson Mandela  Today, on Nelson Mandela International Day, I hope that his legacy of equality... Read more
11 July 2018
Statement
Family planning is a human right
MESSAGE FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY  Dr. Natalia Kanem Executive Director UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund 11 July 2018 ***   Fifty years ago, the world declared that “parents have a basic... Read more
9 July 2018
News
Fifth General Census of Population and Housing: the pilot phase is about to be completed
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 7 July 2018 --- The Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics (IHSI), together with the technical support of UNFPA, is finalizing the pilot phase of the next general... Read more
27 June 2018
News
"A woman must be cared for in her totality," UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, said
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 27, 2018 --- The Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, concluded a 24-hour visit to Haiti on June 25, 2018.   During her first visit to Haiti,... Read more
23 May 2018
Opinion
Fistula in Haiti is a little known affliction that incapacitates hundreds of women unnecessarily
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 23 May 2018 --- May 23rd brought back the International Day for the Elimination of Obstetric Fistula. Obstetric fistula is a serious and dangerous lesion that can occur during... Read more

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