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07 April 2020
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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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27 March 2020
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Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, stands in solidarity with all those responding to the novel coronavirus: from the medical staff and volunteers…
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25 March 2020
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UNFPA and Ministry of Public Health form committee on pregnancy and Coronavirus
UNFPA Lebanon and the Ministry of Public Health are working together on the COVID-19 response through the establishment of a technical committee.
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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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16 March 2020
Press Release
UNFPA sounds the alarm on dire situation facing women and girls in Syria, as conflict enters its 10th year
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, expresses increasing concern about the women and girls trapped in the escalating humanitarian situation in Syria,…
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09 March 2020
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“We must resolutely resist any attempts to go back”: Listening to the icons and activists of women’s rights
This year marks a quarter century since the creation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a global blueprint for advancing the rights of women. It called for…
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08 March 2020
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The United Nations in Lebanon celebrates International Women’s Day
On this International Women’s Day, the United Nations issues a call to action on women’s rights and gender equality in Lebanon
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06 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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25 February 2020
News
Finding strength through support sessions
“The two [greatest] achievements in my life: raising my children well and teaching them love and forgiveness, as well and making my mother and father proud. The greatest event in…
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