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Women Deliver: Empowered Women and Their Powerful Stories
WASHINGTON, D.C. — “When I was nine years old I dreamed of becoming a lawyer,” Viviana Palacios, 23, from Colombia told a packed auditorium on the second day of the Women Deliver conference.
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In their Own Words: Eight Perspectives on Midwifery
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Throughout the Women Deliver conference, and the Symposium on Strengthening Midwifery that preceded it, the critical importance of midwives to meeting the Maternal Health challenge was emphasized.
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UNFPA Executive Director Honoured for a Lifetime of Delivering for Women
<p>WASHINGTON, D. C. — UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya A. Obaid was presented an award for a lifetime of delivering for women at the close of an intense, three-day show of support for the women of the world.</…
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Multimedia Exhibit Opens: Stories of Mothers Saved (and Lost)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a joint initiative between UNFPA and the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe motherhood, stories from 60 communities and nearly 30 communities have been collected for Stories of Mothers Saved
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Consensus Forged on a Strategy to Strengthen Midwifery in Developing Countries
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some 200 midwives, policymakers, UN agencies and other donors came together last weekend to galvanize support for strengthening midwifery services and increasing the number of midwives in developing…
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Displaced Sri Lankan Women Return Home and Rebuild their Lives
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka — Ramesha, a schoolteacher, waits patiently for a prenatal exam at a mobile clinic in this former battle zone. After being displaced 13 times in two years, she has finally returned home.
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United Nations Population Award Presented to Bill and Melinda Gates, Asian Parliamentarians
UNITED NATIONS, New York — The 2010 United Nations Population Award was presented today by Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro to the two laureates: William and Melinda Gates and the Asian Forum of…
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Evaluation of the Campaign to End Fistula Concludes More Support and Commitment Needed
UNITED NATIONS — According to a recent evaluation of UNFPA’s contribution to the Campaign to End Fistula, strong successes in raising visibility and knowledge of obstetric fistula worldwide were achieved but more…
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Women Leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean Seek New Alliances to Reduce Maternal Mortality
LIMA, Peru — “At first, I did not understand why I was invited to this meeting. What do I have to do with maternal mortality?” said Josefina Duarte, a business leader from Paraguay. “Now I see the purpose: to engage…
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