Events
Events
Mogadishu, Somalia
30 September 2021
Dear Daughter Campaign
The Dear Daughter Campaign is a campaign against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Somalia and around the world rooted in the principle of personal empowerment. By pledging not…
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Mogadishu
06 February 2017
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Joint message from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital…
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Mogadishu, Somalia
11 October 2016
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, on the International Day of the Girl Child
“Is anyone out there even thinking of improving our lives?” asks Susmita, a teenager from Odisha, India. Susmita has never gone to school. She tends the few animals…
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Mogadishu, Somalia
11 July 2016
Statements on World Population Day
Governments everywhere need to invest in teenage girls in ways that empower them to make important life decisions and equip them to one day earn a living, engage in the affairs…
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United Nations, New York
23 May 2016
Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
Ending fistula within a generation
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Mogadishu
05 May 2016
Midwives: health heroes for women, adolescent girls and newborns
International Day of the Midwife 2016 Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA, The United Nations Population Fund 5 May 2016 On this…
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Global
06 February 2016
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation by 2030, say UNFPA and UNICEF Statement by UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, and UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake,…
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worldwide
06 February 2016
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation by 2030, say UNFPA and UNICEF
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worldwide
10 February 2015
International Day of Older Persons
Statement on the International Day of Older Persons, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director
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