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5 April 2017
News
UNFPA Supports the Convening of the First Youth Parliament in Afghanistan
UNFPA Supports the Convening of the First Youth Parliament in Afghanistan
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani inaugurated the first Youth Parliament in Afghanistan on 14th August 2016 at the National Parliament’s upper chamber. The youth parliament was held from 14 – 17 August... Read more
5 April 2017
News
UNFPA Mobile Health Team Helps Pregnant Woman to Safety from Floods
Under a heavy shower of rain, in a flooded remote village of Daikundi, 24 year old Khadija was stuck under a collapsed wall with no hope for help. Khadija lived with her two underage kids while her... Read more
5 April 2017
News
“Investing in 10-Year-Old Girls Could Yield Huge Demographic Dividends, Pump Millions into Afghanistan’s Economy” UNFPA Flagship Report State of the World Population 2016
“Investing in 10-Year-Old Girls Could Yield Huge Demographic Dividends, Pump Millions into Afghanistan’s Economy” UNFPA Flagship Report State of the World Population 2016
Forced and early marriage, child labour and other practices undermining girls’ health and rights threaten the world’s ambitious development agenda, warns UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in... Read more
5 April 2017
News
Giving Life Costs Some Afghan Mothers their Life or a Life of Misery
Giving Life Costs Some Afghan Mothers their Life or a Life of Misery
“I didn’t know what happened to me after I gave birth to my first child. I had uncontrollable discharge of faeces and urine,” said Arifa, 22. Arifa was afflicted by obstetric fistula, a child birth... Read more
4 April 2017
Statement
Statement by UNFPA on U.S. Decision to Withhold Funding
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 4 April 2017—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, regrets the decision by the United States to deny any future funding for its life-saving work the world over. This... Read more
8 March 2017
Statement
Universal access to sexual and reproductive health—the key to gender equality
Gender equality is a human right. Women are entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from want and fear, without discrimination. Gender equality is also vital to sustainable development, peace and... Read more
7 March 2017
Launch of Herat Socio-demographic and Economic Survey Final Report
Central Statistics Organization of Afghanistan Herat, 07 March 2017 – Central Statistics Organization (CSO) of Afghanistan launched the final report of data set for Herat Socio-Demographic and... Read more
31 January 2017
Press Release
CSO Launches Findings of the Largest Survey from Nimroz Province
Central Statistics Organization of Afghanistan Kabul, 31 January 2017 – Central Statistics Organization (CSO) of Afghanistan launched the highlights of Nimroz Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey... Read more
20 December 2016
Press Release
Launch of Herat Socio-demographic and Economic Survey Highlights 2016
Kabul, 20 December 2016 – Central Statistics Organization (CSO) of Afghanistan launched the highlights of Herat Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey during a press event at CSO. CSO with the support... Read more
4 December 2016
Press Release
Meaningful and Comprehensive Actions by Every Member of the Society to End Violence against Women (#EndVAW2016 / #16daysofactivism)
National Conference: Gender-based violence key stakeholders to renew commitments to EndVAW Kabul, 4 December 2016 – Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), UNFPA-the United Nations Population Fund in Kabul... Read more

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