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15 April 2020
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Leaving no one behind: Prioritizing the needs of women and girls in the COVID-19 response
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which has now reached Tanzania (both mainland and Zanzibar), may change the lives of many people in the country, but its impacts – both…
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15 April 2020
Press Release
KOICA Partners with UNFPA and UN Women to Empower Women and Adolescent Girls in Singida and Shinyanga Regions
15 April 2020, Dar es Salaam –Today the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Tanzania has signed agreements with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the…
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07 April 2020
Statement
World Health Day: Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic
On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to everything we do at UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and…
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26 March 2020
Statement
Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response
With each passing day, the scale of the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences are becoming ever more apparent and alarming. UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive…
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20 March 2020
News
As pandemic rages, women and girls face intensified risks
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world, governments are taking unprecedented measures to limit the spread of the virus, ramping up health system responses and announcing…
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06 March 2020
Statement
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Women's Day, 8 March 2020
This International Women's Day, we celebrate the icons who blazed the trail towards gender equality. We now look to today’s generation of activists, women who are shaping a vision…
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05 March 2020
Statement
UNFPA statement on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and pregnancy
UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, is closely monitoring and working with partners, governments and UN agencies to address the outbreak of the new coronavirus…
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17 February 2020
News
Going to the last mile….on bicycles!
Peer educators at six UNFPA-supported Adolescent and Youth-Friendly (AYF) corners in Simiyu Region have each received a bicycle to make the hard work they do in their communities…
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06 February 2020
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Young people outline their vision of a Tanzania free from FGM
6 February, Dar es Salaam: Youth from Tanzania’s regional chapter of AfriYAN – the African Youth and Adolescents Network on Population and Development of Eastern and Southern…
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