MORE THAN 300 WOMEN TREATED IN FIRST WEEK OF ‘FISTULA FORTNIGHT’ IN NIGERIA

(Reissued as received.)

SOKOTO, Nigeria, 1 March (UNFPA) -- By Day 8 of “Fistula Fortnight”, 348 women with obstetric fistula had been surgically treated by a team of Nigerian and international volunteer doctors at four sites in northern Nigeria.  Dozens more women will receive treatment over the two-week period that ends on 6 March.

WORLD POPULATION TO INCREASE BY 2.6 BILLION OVER NEXT 45 YEARS,

WITH ALL GROWTH OCCURRING IN LESS DEVELOPED REGIONS

 

Numbers to Rise from Present 6.5 Billion,

Hitting 9.1 Billion by 2050, According to Official UN Estimates

WOMEN, MEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE MARRYING LATER,

 

HAVING CHILDREN LATER, according to un report

 

UNFPA Welcomes Millennium Project’s Emphasison Critical Roles

 

of Gender, Reproductive Health in Poverty Reduction

 

UNFPA CALLS FOR GREATER SECURITY FOR WOMEN AFFECTED BY TSUNAMI

Agency Says Fear of Violence Can Inhibit Women from Caring for Families

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 5 January (UNFPA) -- Increased security and better design of humanitarian assistance are urgently needed to minimize attacks on women in areas affected by last week’s earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, warns UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

UN POPULATION FUND ASSISTS TSUNAMI VICTIMS,

 

WARNS WOMEN, GIRLS ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE

 

Agency Seeks Funds to Meet Massive Needs across South and South-East Asia

United Nations projects world population to stabilize

 

at around 9 billion people by year 2300

 

Without Continuing Fertility Declines in Developing World,

Figure Could Reach 44 Billion by 2100, According to Projections

Ten Years on, UNFPA Reports Uneven Progress in Implementing

Landmark Population and Development Consensus

 

Funding Gap Imperils Efforts to Reduce Maternal

Deaths, Prevent HIV/AIDS and Ensure Reproductive Rights

CULTURAL SENSITIVITY KEY TO DEVELOPMENT, NEW UNFPA REPORT SHOWS

NEW YORK, 18 May (UNFPA) -– Development efforts stand greater chances of succeeding when they are presented to beneficiaries in a culturally sensitive manner and built on open dialogue and community involvement, according to a new report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Commission on Population and Development                   

Thirty-seventh Session                                     

9^th Meeting (PM)