Afghanistan: Child Marriage in Southern Asia – Policy Options for Action
Source: Australian Agency for International Development, UN Population Fund, International Center for Research on Women, The Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and DevelopmentCountry:...
View ArticleWorld: State of World Population 2012 - By choice, not by chance: Family...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Bangladesh, Chad, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger (the), Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda,...
View ArticleSri Lanka: UNFPA assists tsunami victims, warns women and girls are...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, ThailandAgency Seeks Funds to Meet Massive Needs Across South AsiaUNITED NATIONS, New York -- In the aftermath of...
View ArticleIndonesia: Women victims of Indian Ocean disaster face urgent needs, warns UNFPA
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Indonesia, Maldives, Sri LankaOver 150,000 Pregnant Women Require Immediate Care; Others Need Basic Support to Cope UNITED NATIONS, New York -- Amid reports that over...
View ArticleSri Lanka: South Asia: UNFPA appeals to donors for $28 million for women and...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Indonesia, Maldives, Sri LankaHQ/2005/02 UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 January - UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is requesting donors for approximately $28...
View ArticleBangladesh: South Asia: UNFPA calls for greater security for women affected...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Somalia, Sri Lanka, ThailandPOP/912 Agency Says Fear of Violence Can Inhibit Women from Caring for Families...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka: Young people pitch in to assist survivors of Tsunami...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO-In a quiet, leafy enclave in Sri Lanka's capital, 35 young volunteers, work in assembly line fashion putting together emergency hygienic supplies....
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lankan maternity hospital staff copes with crisis
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Sri Lanka20 January 2005 GALLE, Sri Lanka-Dr. Samarasinghe was in the middle of a Caesarean section when the first of three massive waves slammed into the Maternity...
View ArticleIndonesia: Germany and Norway support UNFPA assistance to tsunami survivors
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Indonesia, Maldives, Sri LankaUNITED NATIONS, New York - UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warmly welcomed new contributions by the Governments of Germany...
View ArticleSri Lanka: UNFPA-trained volunteers lend social support to grieving Sri...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Sri LankaHAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka - Sitting in a tent in the stifling heat, Latha Wijesiri, a volunteer health worker, talks quietly with four women about their...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Six months after the tsunami: UNFPA helps restore reproductive...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, ThailandIHA/1063 POP/932 (Reissued as received.) BANGKOK, 24 June (UNFPA) -- Re-establishing quality reproductive...
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Indonesia: UNFPA response to Indian Ocean tsunami - Update at six months
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Indonesia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report marks the mid-year update on UNFPA’s activities following the massive devastation caused by the...
View ArticleIndonesia: South Asia: Reproductive health care being restored in Tsunami-hit...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Indonesia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, ThailandBANGKOK - A year after the Indian Ocean tsunami, work is ongoing to restore reproductive health services and address...
View ArticleIndonesia: UNFPA response to Indian ocean tsunami: Update at one year
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Indonesia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, ThailandEXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report marks the year-end update on UNFPA's activities following the massive devastation caused by the...
View ArticleBosnia and Herzegovina: Brussels symposium participants call for zero...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Central African Republic (the), Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Haiti, Indonesia, Liberia, occupied Palestinian...
View ArticleBosnia and Herzegovina: Appel de Bruxelles à l'action contre les violences...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Central African Republic (the), Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Haiti, Indonesia, Liberia, occupied Palestinian...
View ArticleNepal: Ending violence against women
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Nepal, Sri Lanka, ZimbabweA New Volume of Case Studies Explores What Works New York - In Guatemala, women are mutilated and murdered with impunity. In India, the...
View ArticleSri Lanka: UNFPA: Caring for the needs of women caught in Sri Lanka's crisis
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 20 February 2009 - Women and girls caught up in the ongoing warfare in northern Sri Lanka are at grave risk, according to UNFPA, the...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka: UN Population Fund provides humanitarian assistance to...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 22nd April 2009 - Women and girls uprooted by the conflict in Northern Sri Lanka increasingly need personal hygiene supplies. UNFPA, the United...
View ArticleSri Lanka: UNFPA boosts its lifesaving support for pregnant women displaced...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 7 May 2009 - At least 3,000 pregnant women have fled the fighting in northern Sri Lanka in recent days and some 350 of them will give birth in the...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Australia supports UN Population Fund in providing health care for...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 15th June 2009 - The Australian Government will donate US$383,400 (AUD 500,000) to support efforts by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, to...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Do more to save mothers' lives, South Asian lawmakers urge
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri LankaKATHMANDU - Reducing maternal deaths should be a higher priority for South Asian governments, agreed parliamentarians, policy...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lanka: UN Population Fund opens family health clinics in Manik...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 22nd September 2009 - UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in collaboration with the Family Health Bureau of the Ministry of Healthcare and...
View ArticleSri Lanka: UNFPA supports health services for resettled women in Northern Sri...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 9th March 2010 - Getting proper health care is a challenge for thousands of Sri Lankans who have recently gone home to former conflict zones. UNFPA,...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Sri Lankans Play Around with Gender Stereotypes
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Sri LankaHILL COUNTRY, Sri Lanka - In mid-April as the sun moves directly overhead and the harvest comes to an end, Sri Lankans celebrate their New Year, one of the...
View ArticleSri Lanka: UN Population Fund hands over life saving medical equipment for...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Sri LankaCOLOMBO, 7th March 2012 – UNFPAThe United Nations Population Fund, handed over medical equipment worth USD 210,000 to the Governor of the Northern Province,...
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World: A Mapping of Faith-based Responses to Violence against Women and Girls...
Source: UN Population FundCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, WorldThis report presents...
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