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2018 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Activists campaigning against the use of rape as a weapon of war
Gynaecologist Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad are jointly awarded “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict” as stated by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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UNFPA 2018 State of World Population Report
The global trend towards smaller families is a reflection of people making reproductive choices to have as few or as many children as they want, when they want. When people lack choice, it can have a long-term impact on fertility rates, often making...
read more2018 World Population Data Sheet is now available
The Population Reference Bureau has recently published its annual Data Sheet with a focus on changing age structures around the world and resulting consequences for policy-making and development. This publication provides the latest data on key...
read more28 September is coming soon - Normalising abortion: it’s part of our lives
As in past years, The Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion will be marked internationally by various activities on September 28. See what will be happening this year!
read moreUS withdraws from UN Human Rights Council
On June 19, the Trump administration announced that the US will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world, including sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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Failure to reach consensus on CPD51 resolution
The 51st session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD 51) took place from April 9 to 13 in New York, and ended for the third time in the last four yours without an outcome document. This year’s theme was “Sustainable cities, human...
read moreSRHR in the 62nd CSW session Agreed Conclusions
There has been some discussion about the Agreed conclusions on “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls, adopted at the end of the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women in...
read moreUNFPA and UNICEF call for accelerated actions to end female genital mutilation
On the 6th of February, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), UNICEF and UNFPA released a joint statement which emphasizes that FGM is a violation of human rights and its elimination is crucial for achieving SDG...
read moreUN senior management reached full gender parity
On 2 February, António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, announced that full gender parity has been reached in the UN senior management and reaffirmed his commitment to the UN’s zero tolerance policy on sexual harassment. Furthermore, he indicated a...
read moreThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70 years
The United Nations kicked off a year-long campaign to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the U.N. General Assembly on the 10th December 1948 that will culminate on the same day in 2018.
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