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10 October 2019
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UNFPA and Government of Liberia pledge to ensure a successful census in March 2021
The Government of Liberia with technical support from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, have declared their preparedness to ensure that Liberia holds a successful census…
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03 October 2019
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Empowered Adolescent Girls Hold the Key to Ending Poverty
“With 63 percent of the 4.6 million people under 25 years, and declining mortality and fertility, Liberia is supposed to begin moving towards the tipping point for a demographic…
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16 August 2019
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“Never Despairing”, Woman Speaks of Joy after her Premature Newborn Survived
Mothers and their newborns are most vulnerable during, and immediately after childbirth. Interventions that address their special needs remain critical to ensuring their survival…
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11 January 2019
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Traditional Leaders in Liberia Commit to Ending Child Marriage
We Traditional Leaders say now is the time to break the silence and condemn in entirety those things that depressingly affect our children most especially the girls by standing…
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17 October 2017
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The State of World Population 2017
Unless inequality is urgently tackled and the poorest women empowered to make their own decisions about their lives, countries could face unrest and threats to peace and…
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14 October 2017
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UNFPA Funded Liberia Fistula Project trains more fistula survivors in Vocation
The Liberia Fistula Project on Thursday, 14 September graduated 13 fistula survivors from its rehabilitation program. The fistula survivors received 6-month training in tailoring,…
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03 October 2017
Press Release
Dr. Natalia Kanem Appointed UNFPA Executive Director
Dr. Natalia Kanem was appointed Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today by Secretary-General António Guterres. She holds the rank of United Nations…
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19 July 2017
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More Fistula Survivors Receive Free Treatment
The Liberia Fistula Project at the Ministry of Health, launched in 2008 with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has continued to work towards the total…
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19 July 2017
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Young people call for education, health care, rights – and politicians are listening
Life is not often easy for Liberia’s young people. It has been 14 years since the end of a brutal civil war, but in many ways communities are still reeling. Poverty is rampant,…
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