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18 November 2021
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Training youth volunteers to engage in the “Me, My Body, My Planet, My Future” campaign
Building on the momentum and continuing acceleration to implement ICPD mandate and renewed commitment of the Government of Lao PDR at the Nairobi Summit in 2019, UNFPA provides…
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10 November 2021
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Lao PDR integrates national policies for gender equality and ending violence against women and children into provincial, ministerial and sectoral plans
The Action Plans were officially endorsed by the Government of Laos in May 2021 and the Prime Minister’s Decrees on implementation of the plans were issued in September 2021…
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04 November 2021
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Lao Midwives’ Association preparing the launch of a new helpline with UNFPA support
The helpline will target two groups: the first is pregnant women and lactating mothers and their families and their communities and surroundings, while the second will be midwives…
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26 October 2021
Press Release
Media plays key role in promoting women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights towards fulfilling the ICPD25 and SDGs
Journalists from Lao media agencies and communications officers from the line ministries and mass organizations discussed the role of media in promoting women’s sexual and…
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15 October 2021
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COVID-19 impact on adolescents at the heart of the discussions of the sixth Adolescent Research Day
October 15, 2021, Vientiane Capital- Researchers, experts and practitioners from the government, academic and development sectors in Laos and other countries presented recent…
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12 October 2021
Press Release
UNFPA Provides Telehealth Equipment to Ministry of Health for continuity of life saving reproductive health services during COVID-19
Today, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) handed over telehealth equipment to the Ministry of Health (MoH) for the essential Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child Adolescent…
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11 October 2021
Press Release
International Day of the Girl Child 2021: Technology and innovation as accelerators of girls’ bodily autonomy
Led by the Lao Youth Union, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with Plan International, Save the Children International (SCI), Population Services…
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01 October 2021
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UNFPA and Plan International Provide Essential Supplies to the Migrant Returnees
Approximately 12,000 women and young female migrants in the quarantine centers in the 5 southern provinces will receive essential sanitary and hygiene kits, including sanitary…
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26 September 2021
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One man’s tale: Family Planning is not just a women’s matter
“We have four kids, we are happy now and we do not want any more children. so, I decided to undergo a vasectomy. I believe that family planning is a couple’s matter. Therefore, my…
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