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24 August 2017
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Census data confirms deep-rooted gender inequalities throughout Myanmar society
YANGON, Myanmar — A new census report brings to light extensive data that confirms the disadvantages that women in Myanmar face throughout their lives and in all aspects of…
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11 August 2017
Press Release
3.8 million homes needed immediately to meet Myanmar’s housing requirements
YANGON, Myanmar — A new census report reveals that an estimated 13.5 million people, a quarter of Myanmar’s population, live in housing that is made of materials that…
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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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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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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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