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28 March 2019
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Meet some of the men working hard to ensure safe births in Tanzania’s refugee camps
Reproductive and maternal health has traditionally been considered a woman’s issue. But men too have an important role to play. Meet Abdul Nyamguma and Hofne Chrisostom Yohana,…
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27 March 2019
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Strengthening civil registration and vital statistics in Zanzibar
A well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system records information on vital events, including all births and deaths, issues relevant certificates as…
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22 March 2019
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Accelerating progress in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in Zanzibar
Launched in April 2015, the Afya Bora ya Mama na Mtoto Project (Accelerating Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) in Zanzibar) is a joint UNFPA-UNICEF…
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08 March 2019
Statement
International Women’s Day 2019
Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund on the occasion of International Women’s…
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06 March 2019
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One Stop Centres: Facilitating comprehensive and ethical care for survivors of gender-based violence
In February 2019, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), Tanzania, through its implementing partner Children’s Dignity Forum, and in partnership with…
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26 February 2019
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Female genital mutilation: Young people insist on zero!
“Female genital mutilation (FGM) has had a negative impact on girls in our community, many of them get married after cutting, when they are still young, and at the end the…
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08 February 2019
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Strengthening responses to address gender-based violence in Zanzibar
Although acknowledged globally as one of the most pervasive violations of human rights, gender-based violence (GBV) is also one of the least prosecuted crimes. Perpetrators…
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06 February 2019
Statement
Take action to eliminate female genital mutilation by 2030
Mary Oloiparuni was 13 when she was mutilated. Restrained in a doorway early one morning in her home, she was cut, bled profusely and experienced agonizing pain. The scarring she…
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22 January 2019
Press Release
The Nairobi Summit to advance the implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 18 January 2019 — The Government of the Republic of Kenya and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today announced the convening of a high-level…
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