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27 September 2016
Press Release
New census report: 2,800 women die each year in childbirth and pregnancy
YANGON, Myanmar — A new census report uncovers stark realities: 2,800 women die each year in childbirth and pregnancy; and one in five deaths among young women is a…
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26 September 2016
News
Training on gender-based violence continues for Myanmar’s police
Building on an initiative that began earlier this year, UNFPA and the Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Drug Association (MANA) is organizing a series of capacity building trainings to…
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23 September 2016
News
Youth Information Corner in Sarmalauk manages its own ambulance service
Standing proudly in front of the ambulance, Ko Win Naung remembers when the initiative was first suggested. “It was on a rainy day in August, 2015, he said, “I was…
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01 September 2016
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UN Secretary-General to Myanmar faith leaders: “I count on your leadership for a better future”
Before addressing a large audience at the 21st-century Panglong Conference in Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw on 31 August, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met separately…
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30 August 2016
News
Growing old in Myanmar: One in five elderly people have to work
Myanmar is ageing. There are more elderly people in Myanmar than ever before. In the last 30 years the number of older persons (aged 65 and over) per 100 young persons (aged…
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19 August 2016
News
One humanity and a safe birth in the wake of disaster
When the 2015 floods hit Myanmar, Phoo Ngun in Ohn Pin Su village, Ayeyarwady, was 6 months pregnant. When UNFPA youth volunteers reached her village by boat, she received…
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18 August 2016
News
UNFPA encourages Myanmar youth to participate more to achieve sustainable development
Thazin Thiri Khit remembered the days in 2013 when she lived in a complex of apartment buildings in Dagon Seikkan Township, a bustling south-eastern suburb of Yangon City, where…
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12 August 2016
Statement
Statement of the UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, for International Youth Day
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, celebrates International Youth Day by reaffirming and recognizing the central role of young people in promoting the well-being of their…
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11 August 2016
News
Data from 2014 Census enriches the work of Myanmar Parliament Researchers
Yangon - The dawn of a democratic era in Myanmar has brought new players to Myanmar’s political landscape. Since 2011, the Pyithu Hluttaw (Parliament) has been holding…
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