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Turkmen youth contribute to Post-2015 Global Development Framework
Young people and adolescents (15-17 years of age) gathered in a focus group discussion to identify the achievements they would like to see in their country and in the world by 2030. Focus group... Read more
International Women's Day 2013 - ZERO tolerance: Nothing justifies violence against women
The health, safety and security of hundreds of millions of women and girls around the world are at stake this week as representatives from all over the world meet in New York to come up with a... Read more
Violence Against Women Must End - Slideshow
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 8 2013 (IPS) - Today is International Women’s Day, and the issue of gender-based violence is topic A. Sadly, it has been a newsworthy topic in the global media, as well. By ... Read more
Statement on the Occasion of International Women's Day, 8 March 2013
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UNFPA Executive Director On the occasion of International Women's Day, I want to take this opportunity to renew the commitment of... Read more
At the UN, Twenty Years of Backlash to 'Women's Rights Are Human Rights'
Socially conservative American Catholics and like-minded evangelical Protestants who have led a decades-long campaign against the rights of women in the United States are now gearing up for a season... Read more
Turkmenistan launches national consultations to define post-2015 global development framework
Turkmenistan has officially launched the process of national consultations to define the post-2015 global development framework. This process is part of the global UN-led discussions, in which people... Read more
Turkmenistan launches national consultations to define post-2015 global development framework
Turkmenistan has officially launched the process of national consultations to define the post-2015 global development framework. This process is part of the global UN-led discussions, in which people... Read more
UNFPA Regional Office builds capacity of the Health finance specialists from Eastern Europe and Central Asia in budgeting of the National Health Programs
UNFPA EECARO, United Nations Population Fund Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, in joint cooperation with UNFPA Country Office in Turkmenistan, initiated a regional workshop on ... Read more
Teaching Teenage Girls about Healthy Living in Turkmenistan
Gulshat is a 20-year-old woman from Archman, in rural Turkmenistan, who works at City Hall in the capital, a job she could not have imagined getting just a year ago. A high-school graduate, Gulshat... Read more
Fewer Girls Threatened by Female Genital Mutilation
UNFPA and UNICEF call for accelerated efforts as the practice begins to decline Fewer girls are subjected to the life-threatening practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) according to... Read more