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11 November 2022
Statement
Why rights-based family planning is central to sustainable development
In the lead up to the International Conference on Family Planning, to be held in Pattaya, Thailand from 14- 17 November 2022, UNFPA’s Regional Director in Asia and the Pacific,…
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09 November 2022
Press Release
UNFPA, LWU And MOH Improving Institutional Responses To GBV And Humanitarian Disasters In Lao PDR
To improve institutional response to GBV and monitoring of GBV incidents, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) handed over more than $78,000 worth of health essentials,…
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01 November 2022
Press Release
Adolescent research day forum held in Vientiane with focus on promoting adolescent health and development in the post-COVID-19 context
01 November 2022, Vientiane, Lao PDR – The Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute (Lao TPHI) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) organised the seventh Annual…
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27 October 2022
Press Release
Vice Governors of provinces in Lao PDR reaffirm their commitment to advance the rights of adolescent girls through the provincial plans
27 October 2022, Vientiane, Lao PDR – H.E. Professor Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairperson of NCAWMC, led a meeting of the National Commission for the…
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26 October 2022
Press Release
International Day of the Girl Child and Noi, an adolescent, turns 16 "Our time is Now – our rights, our future"
On the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC), the Lao Women's Union and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with Plan…
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25 October 2022
Press Release
UNFPA provided dignity kits to Lao Youth Union to preposition for emergency response
25 October 2022, Vientiane, Lao PDR – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) handed over 486 sets of Dignity kits to the Lao Youth Union to preposition them for immediate…
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13 October 2022
News
A mother-daughter midwife team saving mothers and babies in Lao PDR
Simmaly 51 and Amina 28 years old are a mother daughter midwives team working in Champasack province in southern Lao PDR. The mother and daughter duo have been inseparable in the…
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26 September 2022
Press Release
LWU endorses Standard Operating Procedures to systemise social service response to gender-based violence
Vientiane Capital, 23 September 2022 - The Lao Women’s Union (LWU), in partnership with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with financial support by the Korea International…
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26 September 2022
Press Release
Fun Run for World Contraception Day 2022! Ministry of Health and UNFPA raise awareness to protect the ability of women to become pregnant by choice, not by chance
Vientiane Capital, 26 September 2022 World Contraception Day, this year, was marked by the Ministry of Health, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and partners by gathering at…
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