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10 July 2017
Statement
MESSAGE FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY, 11 July 2017
Every day, vulnerable women, especially those who are poor and are refugees, face social, economic and geographic obstacles to voluntary family planning services and information.
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29 June 2017
Malawi launches the 2017 African Union theme
The Minister of Youth, Labour and Manpower development in Malawi with support from UNFPA launched the 2017 African Union theme “Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through…
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06 June 2017
Statement
UNFPA mourns passing of Executive Director
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 June 2017—With profound sadness, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, announces that its Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, passed…
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22 May 2017
“I have done more than 800 Obstetric fistula repairs in three years”– The story of Dr. Enette Chipungu
Lilongwe, Malawi - Every day she walks into the Fistula repair centre at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe with delight and hope to restore women’s dignity through Obstetric Fistula…
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19 May 2017
News
Hope, healing, and dignity for all
Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, 23 May 2017
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16 May 2017
News
Pad making skill spills over to out of school girls
There is a special day every week that girls at Lifidzi Primary School in Salima district meet and make their sanitary pads using locally available materials. During such sessions…
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13 April 2017
UNFPA MALAWI – 2016 GLOBAL WINNER OF THE UNFPA GOOD PRACTICES COMPETITION
An innovation conceptualised in 2015 during the implementation the Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) programme funded by the European Union (EU), the Malawi Country…
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24 March 2017
Malawi releases 2015-16 Demographic and Health Survey findings
The 2015-16 Demographic and Health Survey-DHS- findings were recently released in Lilongwe where among key findings; the maternal mortality ratio has decreased from 675 to 439 per…
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13 January 2017
I have had a boyfriend; I have been pregnant; I have been married and I am now back in school: The story of Alinafe
It only takes her about 15 minutes to walk from her village, Sanyama to Katelera primary school. She is 15 years and is in standard seven. She has one child who is twenty three…
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