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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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15 March 2017
Census report projects population growth over 35 years, and supports long-term planning
The newly released census report 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Thematic Report on Population Projections 2014-2050, projects the growth of Myanmar’s population…
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14 March 2017
“Women and Girls First” celebration for International Women’s Day
On the advent of International Women’s Day, UNFPA celebrated the first year of the Women and Girls First initiative together with a host of local and international partners…
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