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General Atta Mohamad Supports Women: General Atta Mohammad Noor, governor of Balkh province, opened a UNFPA funded women on women photo exhibition in Mazar on International Women's Day (IWD) on 8 March 2008. He studied the photos and expressed his support for the project by the NGO Pamir in giving women business and photography training.
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UNFPA – CSO Partnership that works: Deputy Minister of Economy for Statistics H.E. Mr. Fakhri presented the digital maps of Afghanistan administrative boundaries to the Afghan Cabinet on February 20, 2006 for approval.
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Afghanistan's First Family Response Unit Open for Business : UNITED NATIONS, New York — A new centre that deals with family violence, children in trouble, and female victims of crime started its operations in Kabul on Sunday, 22 January. The Family Response Unit is the first of its kind in Afghanistan , where violence against women and children is so common that it has become a serious public health problem. more |
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First Photo Exhibition of Female Photographers: Dec 29-In a further bid to boost the capacity of women, Afghanistan 's Ministry of Women Affairs (MOWA) for the first time on Thursday inaugurated a photographic exhibition of 40 newly trained female photographers in the Afghan capital, Kabul . (IRIN). more |
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HIV/AIDS kills 8,000 people daily and 5 persons every minute: HIV/AIDS kills 8,000 people daily and 5 persons every minute worldwide. At present, HIV/AIDS is not a serious problem in Afghanistan ; however the situation in the country is conducive for the increase of HIV positive cases. So far, Kabul Central Blood Bank has registered 35 HIV positive cases. Ministry of Public Health has identified 3 death cases of HIV/AIDS and has reported fear of presence of 700 – 800 HIV/AIDS positive cases in the country. More
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UNFPA feature film ‘Awlaad' (Child) opens JAPAN PRIZE 2005: This feature film written and produced by UNFPA Advocacy and Information Officer, Mr. Abdul Qayeum Karim, and was short listed from 58 films submitted from 28 countries. After the screening on 26 th October a question and answer session allowed Karim to brief participants on reproductive health problems in Afghanistan , such as those caused through the high rate of child marriage. More
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UNFPA Supports MoPH to celebrate International Family Day in Kabul: UNFPA extended its technical and financial support to the Ministry of Public Health to celebrate International Family Day during a ceremony organized in that Ministry in Kabul on 15 May 2005 .
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UNFPA Supports MoWA in finalization of Reproductive Health Guidelines: MoWA's two-day workshop that is organized in the conference room of the MoWA with the financial and technical support of UNFPA, started its work to review and finalize the Reproductive Health Guidelines (RHG) on Tuesday, 5 April 2005 . The Directorate of Health of MoWA with the technical support of UNFPA has produced the RHG this year. more |
