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12 September 2022
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USAID and UNFPA Sign Agreement to Support Preparation of the 5th Population and Housing Census 2025

USAID and UNFPA Sign Agreement to Support Preparation of the 5th Population and Housing Census 2025

August 2022, Vientiane Capital - The United State Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed $500,000 USD to support preparation of... Read more

7 September 2022
Press Release
Ministry of Education and Sports, UNFPA and KOICA celebrate the success of the Nang Noi Girls' Groups Project in Namor

Ministry of Education and Sports, UNFPA and KOICA celebrate the success of the Nang Noi Girls' Groups Project in Namor

07 September 2022, Vientiane, Lao PDR – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES)... Read more

5 September 2022
Press Release
Vocational skills training for Nang Noi Girls’ Groups supported by MOES, Crowne Plaza Vientiane and UNFPA

Vocational skills training for Nang Noi Girls’ Groups supported by MOES, Crowne Plaza Vientiane and UNFPA

Vientiane, 05 September 2022. Today, Sengchanh, Seo, Mone, Loy and Phouvieng: the five young women from Sepone District, Savannakhet Province who... Read more

30 August 2022
Press Release
Endorsement and dissemination of Standard Operating Procedures for Coordination, Governance of Coordination and Referral Pathway

Endorsement and dissemination of Standard Operating Procedures for Coordination, Governance of Coordination and Referral Pathways for Women’s and Girls Subject to Violence

30 August 2022, Vientiane Capital - The National Commission for the Advancement of Mothers and Children (NCAWMC),in partnership with United Nations... Read more

29 August 2022
Press Release
Investing in Ethnic midwives to protect maternal health in special cultural contexts in Lao PDR

Investing in Ethnic midwives to protect maternal health in special cultural contexts in Lao PDR

Vida is a 28-year-old midwife from the Akha community who is proud of her role in ensuring women in Lao PDR realize positive maternal health outcomes... Read more

19 August 2022
Press Release
Endorsement of Standard Operating Procedures improves health response to gender-based violence

Endorsement of Standard Operating Procedures improves health response to gender-based violence

19 August 2022, Vientiane Capital - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National... Read more

15 August 2022
Press Release
Celebration of the International Youth Day 2022 promoting Intergenerational Solidarity

Celebration of the International Youth Day 2022 promoting Intergenerational Solidarity

Vientiane Capital, 12-13 August 2022. The United Nations Population Fund joined Lao Youth Union (LYU) and partners to celebrate the International... Read more

1 August 2022
Press Release
Training on Adolescents Youth Friendly Services in Savannakhet - @UNFPA

UN Joint Programme protecting the dignity and wellbeing of Lao adolescents, youth and migrants

In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UN-HABITAT and International Organization for Migration (IOM)... Read more

22 July 2022
Press Release
Progress for Lao women and girls’ rights reflected in the 10th CEDAW Report

Progress for Lao women and girls’ rights reflected in the 10th CEDAW Report

Vientiane Capital, July 2022, Lao PDR is drafting the 10th National Report as part the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All... Read more

19 July 2022
Press Release
Celebration of World Population Day 19 July 2022, Savannakhet

Celebration of World Population Day 19 July 2022, Savannakhet

Savannakhet, 19 July 2022 – A provincial celebration of World Population Day: “Towards demographic resilience: supporting individuals’ rights and... Read more

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