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15 August 2018
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Violence in Syria casts long shadow on refugee women, children
UNFPA operates four women’s and girls’ safe spaces in Sanilurfa, a Turkish city hosting some 475,000 Syrian refugees. These spaces, funded by European Union Civil Protection and…
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07 August 2018
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Exile wreaks havoc on refugees’ sexual and reproductive health
Some 475,000 Syrian refugees have sought safety in the desert city of Sanliurfa, Turkey, an hour’s drive from the Syrian border. To meet their needs, UNFPA is operating four women…
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26 July 2018
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Child marriages drive adolescent pregnancies underground among refugees in Turkey
Some 475,000 Syrian refugees have sought safe haven in the desert city, about an hour’s drive from the Syrian border. Many are mired in poverty and struggling to rebuild their…
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23 July 2018
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Songül Öden, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Humanitarian Program Spokesperson, met with Syrian women
Songül Öden, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Humanitarian Programme Spokesperson, paid a visit to the UNFPA Women and Girls Safe Space, which delivers primary healthcare…
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11 July 2018
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World Population Day 2018 - Family Planning is a Human Right
Fifty years ago, the United Nations International Conference on Human Rights resolved in the Proclamation of Teheran of 13 May 1968: “Parents have a basic human right to determine…
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11 July 2018
Statement
"Family planning is a human right"
"Family planning is a human right" Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund 11 July 2018
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11 July 2018
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“Babies do not wait for conflicts to end before they come into being”
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Women and Reproductive Health branch of the Turkish Ministry of Health, the Hatay Regional Health Directorate…
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09 July 2018
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Immigration and Sustainable Development Objectives
A new cycle of the “Immigration and Sustainable Development Objectives Training” series started on 9 July 2018 at Hacettepe University's Institute of Population Studies. Since the…
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22 June 2018
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“We will work to create a better future for Syrian refugees”
A session of “The Orientation Training in the Project of Support for Social Service Centres (SSCs) as Part of Protective and Preventive Services’’ was held in Gaziantep between 19…
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