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Italy provides UNFPA 400,000 EUR to Women and Girls First Programme Phase II
Joint Press Release UNFPA Myanmar - Italian Embassy in Myanmar – AICS Yangon Yangon, Myanmar, 27th October — Ms. Alessandra Schiavo, Italian Ambassador to Myanmar and Mr. Ramanathan... Read more
Action Plan on Improving Responses to Gender-based Violence During COVID-19 Discussed as National Roundtable bring together High-level representatives from the Government of Myanmar, Civil Society Organizations and UN Agencies
Senior representatives from the Myanmar Government, UN Agencies, and civil society came together today to discuss strategies for increasing coordination on gender-based violence (GBV) in the context... Read more
UNFPA provides basic mental health and gender-based violence trainings for local volunteers at quarantine centers amid COVID-19 pandemic
Yangon, Myanmar – As COVID-19 pandemic continues and spreads as a global health emergency, challenging the nations in all facets, people around the world, including in Myanmar, are working together... Read more
Government of Finland grants UNFPA Myanmar 4 million Euro for Women and Girl First Programme Phase II
Yangon, Myanmar — Ms. Riikka Laatu, Finnish Ambassador to Myanmar and Mr. Ramanathan Balakrishnan, UNFPA Representative for Myanmar concluded an agreement for a grant of 4million Euro to support the... Read more
Yangon University and Perdana University meet online for mental health and psychosocial support roundtable discussion.
Yangon, Myanmar – In collaboration with Yangon University and Perdana University, Malaysia, UNFPA organized online roundtable discussion to strengthen mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS)... Read more
Peace in the home: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls – even during COVID-19
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day Peace in our world begins with peace in the home, as the United Nations Secretary-General stated in his call for a... Read more
World Population Day 2020: Putting the brakes on COVID-19: how to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now
NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar – With this year's theme “Putting the brakes on COVID-19: how to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now”, World Population Day 2020 commemoration ceremony was... Read more
Women can help Myanmar emerge stronger from COVID-19 if they are given a chance
Joint Op-ED by the Representatives of UNFPA and UN Women in Myanmar, co-chairs of the United Nations Country Team Gender Theme Group, on the occasion of Myanmar On behalf of the United Nations in... Read more
UNFPA’s online training boosts the capacities of Myanmar’s social welfare staff to provide GBV services during COVID-19 pandemic
Yangon, Myanmar – Though COVID-19 does not discriminate, it has a devastating impact on safety and wellbeing of women and girls, making them more vulnerable. There is increasing evidence from the... Read more
Confronting the silent and endemic crisis of harmful practices
Urgent, accelerated action needed to stop female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other practices that harm women and girls, according to new UNFPA report. 30 June 2020, NEW YORK – Every... Read more