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No more empty stocks:  Contraceptives reach rural women thanks to pioneering logistics system

calendar_today 11 July 2017

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No more empty stocks: Contraceptives reach rural women thanks to pioneering logistics system

It is in the late afternoon when Nan Aye Aye Lwin visits the Nam Khoke Rural Health Centre, after walking the three hours from her little hamlet. Nan Aye Aye Lwin comes with…

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World Population Day, 11 July 2017

calendar_today 11 July 2017

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World Population Day, 11 July 2017

Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations Speech by Ms. Renata Lok-Dessallien, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar Your Excellency Vice President…

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Media advisory for World Population Day and London Summit satellite event

calendar_today 07 July 2017

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Media advisory for World Population Day and London Summit satellite event

Thanks to voluntary family planning, millions of women in Myanmar are empowered to make a choice in the number of children they want, and to start their families later in life…

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Census report: Half a million young people cannot read or write

calendar_today 30 June 2017

Census report: Half a million young people cannot read or write

YANGON, Myanmar — A new census report reveals that while youth literacy in Myanmar is relatively high at 94 per cent, this still means that more than half a million young…

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UNFPA donors visit displaced women and girls in Kachin

calendar_today 28 June 2017

UNFPA donors visit displaced women and girls in Kachin

On 19-21 June, supporters of UNFPA’s Women and Girls First programme joined a UNFPA team on a visit to UNFPA activities in Kachin, Myanmar. During the visit, donors from…

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UNFPA introduces do-it-yourself contraceptive injection in Myanmar

calendar_today 27 June 2017

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UNFPA introduces do-it-yourself contraceptive injection in Myanmar

YANGON — For the first time, a do-it-yourself contraceptive injection will available in Myanmar. By the press of a finger, a woman can inject it at home and avoid unwanted…

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Census report: Women hold the key to Myanmar’s future prosperity

calendar_today 22 June 2017

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Census report: Women hold the key to Myanmar’s future prosperity

YANGON, Myanmar — Census data shows that women are critical to Myanmar’s development. Today only half of women (50.5 per cent) are in the labour force, compared to 85…

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Midwives bring family planning to the last mile with new commodities logistics system

calendar_today 05 May 2017

Midwives bring family planning to the last mile with new commodities logistics system

Ma Mar Mar Win listens carefully as the midwife explains about different contraceptive methods. All the time, she thinks about her family. Her husband works in a variety of jobs …

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Young people who bear the scars of war build peace in Myanmar

calendar_today 05 April 2017

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Young people who bear the scars of war build peace in Myanmar

The drive to Kat Pa Li Village in Kayin is breath taking. Limestone hills lie bare amid patches of cultivation and green forest. Smoke rising from hamlets under the setting sun…

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