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Lao PDR Agrees to Endorse Five-Year Plans To Advance Women’s Right and Gender Equality
Vientiane 21th May 2021 - The Government of Laos has officially agreed to endorse the Second National Plan of Action on Preventing and Elimination of Violence Against Women and Violence against... Read more
Ensuring vulnerable populations have access to essential healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic
A story from UN COVID-19 Response and Recovery Multi-Partner Trust Fund. Supported by the UN COVID-19 Response and Recovery Multi-Partner Trust Fund, the technical assistance led by UNFPA and UNAIDS... Read more
Laotian LGBTQI youth find peace, purpose and community
VIENTIANE, Lao People’s Democratic Republic – Growing up, Bill didn’t have anywhere to go to about the confusion she felt about her gender identity. In secondary school, classmates used to taunt her... Read more
LWU and UNFPA ensure Protection of Women and Girls during COVID-19
Vientiane, 13 May 2021 – To support the joint Government of Laos and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) COVID-19 response, UNFPA with partners the Crown Plaza and Swiss Agency for Development... Read more
Lao Youth Union and UNFPA Strengthen Youth Focused Response to COVID-19
VIENTIANE, Lao PDR, 13 May 2021— To support the Government of Lao’s COVID-19 response, UNFPA and Lao Youth Union (LYU) have set up telephone helplines to provide mental health and psychosocial... Read more
Government of Lao and UNFPA consult development partners on the 7th Country Program 2022-2026 of cooperation.
Vientiane, Lao PDR. 30/04/2021. The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) organized an online meeting with development partners to finalise the 7th... Read more
Role of Village Chiefs to reduce maternal deaths
Mr Khamsai Sanasom, is 47 years old and lives in Huayhiey Village with his wife and two children. He is the village chief in his district and his story is a lesson of inspiration to support... Read more
SDC funds the UN Joint Programme “Protection and Services for Vulnerable settlements, Migrants, and Youth in Savannakhet and Champassak” within the COVID-19 response
Vientiane 09/04/2021, Ministry of Planning and Investment together with three UN agencies (UNFPA, IOM, UN-Habitat) organized the first meeting of the Steering Committee of the UN Joint programme “... Read more
National Maternal Death Surveillance and Response Meeting Reaching Zero preventable Maternal Deaths by 2030
Vientiane, Lao PDR. 02/04/ 2021-The Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) led discussions on the Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) report. The review of... Read more
Engaging Men in Savannakhet villages to Champion the Prevention of Violence in Lao PDR
Savannakhet, Lao PDR. 22-26/03/2021. The Lao Women’s Union (LWU) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are jointly piloting the “Manual for Engaging Men in Gender-Based Violence Prevention and... Read more