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23 October 2013
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Press Release: Somali Media Awards 2013 Launched
23 October 2013 - The United Nations in partnership with the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and the Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA) invite journalists to…
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01 October 2013
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Executive Director’s Message for October 1 - International Day of Older Persons
Today, we celebrate the International Day of Older Persons under the theme, "The Future We Want: What Older Persons Are Saying". Indeed, with 841 million older persons in the…
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30 September 2013
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Graduation of Midwives in Burao Institute of Health and Science
"...First ever Community midwives graduate from Burao Institute of Health science...graduates are from the three east regions of Somaliland..." Fatuma Osman, Director of the…
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21 September 2013
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Towards the Elimination of Gender-Based Violence
Representatives of UN Member States, UN agencies and NGOs met at the UN Secretariat on 20 September 2013 to receive an update on UNFPA's flagship programmes and activities…
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18 August 2013
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DR. BABATUNDE OSOTIMEHIN, UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MESSAGE ON WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY, AUGUST 19 2013
Earlier this year, I met Munira Sha'ban in Zaatri refugee camp in Jordan. A 65-year-old midwife, Munira retired years ago, but every day at 6 am, she embarks on the two…
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08 July 2013
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Religious leaders in Puntland raised their voice in support of birth spacing and addressing GBV, including abandonment of FGM/C
On the 16th of June 2013, 25 prominent religious leaders (Imams and Sheikhs) attended a five days meeting at the the Ministry of Women, Family and Social Affairs (MOWFSA) to come…
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05 July 2013
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Ministry of Health Rewards Certificate of Appreciation to UNFPA during Representative's visit in Puntland, Somalia
UNFPA Somalia Representative, Mr. Cheikh Tidiane Cisse, made a five day working visit in Garowe, Puntland from 16-20, June 2013. The visit kicked off with an informal…
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22 June 2013
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Observance of the first ever International Day to End Obstetric Fistula in Bossaso, Puntland
UNFPA and Reproductive Health Unit of the Ministry of Health organized the first ever observation of the International Day to End Fistula at the Fistula Repair Centre of…
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22 June 2013
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Mogadishu Attack: a story of UNFPA Hero!
It was a fine Wednesday morning and all of us at the UNFPA's Mogadishu office were in a middle of our daily duties, says, Fatuma Muhumed, 30, a mother of two who works as…
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