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5 May 2012 - Միջազգային
Joint message of Dr. Babatunde Osotomehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, and Agneta S. Bridges, Secretary General, ICM, International Confederation of Midwives International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2012 Investing in Midwifery Pays On this International Day of the Midwife, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund and ICM, the International Confederation of Midwives, commend the important work of midwives in promoting good health and making pregnancies and childbirths safe. The right to health is a basic human right that every woman should enjoy. Yet, every day, almost 1000 women die in pregnancy and childbirth. Every year, 8 million...
30 April 2012 - Հայաստան
On April 30, the National Statistical Service and the Ministry of Health of Armenia presented the main findings of the 2010 Armenia Demographic and Health Survey (ADHS). Representatives of the Armenian Government, international organizations, healthcare organizations and NGOs, as well as the media attended the event. The ADHS is a nation-wide household survey that is conducted once in five years starting from 2000. The purpose of the study is to provide important demographic and health data on Armenia’s population, which can be used, inter alia, to modify existing demographic and healthcare policies and create new ones. The 2010 ADHS covered fertility and family...
8 March 2012 - Միջազգային
Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty Message of Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director, for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2012 Today, on International Women’s Day, UNFPA renews its commitment to gender equality and human rights and dignity. Many rural women have limited autonomy and low status, which puts them at increased risk of hunger, gender-based violence and other human rights violations. Advancing rural women’s political, social and economic status are vital ends in themselves as well as critical strategies to eradicate poverty, promote women’s rights and pave the way for sustainable development. Improving access to sexual and...