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7 April 2020
Statement

World Health Day: Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Health Day On this World Health Day, we mark the first International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. Midwives are central to... Read more

7 April 2020
Statement

ວັນສຸຂະພາບໂລກ: ປົກປ້ອງຜະດຸງຄັນໃນການຊ່ວຍແມ່ຍິງ ແລະ ເດັກໃຫ້ປອດໄພ ໃນໄລຍະການແຜ່ລະບາດຂອງພະຍາດປອດອັກເສບຈາກເຊື້ອຈຸລະໂລກສາຍພັນໃໝ່ COVID-19

ໃນວັນສຸຂະພາບໂລກນີ້, ພວກເຮົາຂໍຈາລຶກເອົາປີນີ້ເປັນປີທຳອິດຂອງ ຂອງພະຍາບານ ແລະ ຜະດຸງຄັນສາກົນ. ຜະດຸງຄັນແມ່ນເປັນຈຸດໃຈກາງຂອງທຸກວຽກງານທີ່ໄດ້ປະຕິບັດຂອງອົງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດ ກອງທຶນສຳລັບປະຊາກອນ (UNFPA),... Read more

6 April 2020
Press Release

Over 1000 migrant women in quarantine for COVID prevention to receive essential sanitary kit provided by UNFPA in cooperation with the Lao Women's Union.

6 April 2020, Vientiane-The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, has provided the Government of the Lao Women Union crucial supplies to support the emergency response with a particular focus on the... Read more

17 March 2020
News

Garment factory workers in Lao PDR act to address sexual and reproductive health risks

Manivone was only 19 when she first came to work with the Venture garment factory from her hometown in Champasack Province in the south of Lao PDR.  She left school five years ago and moved to the... Read more

8 March 2020
News

International Women’s Day - 8 March 2020 How are opportunities being maximized for Lao women?

What do we see from the picture? We see a glass that is half empty or half full. What’s important is how we can get the glass filled. On the International Women’s Day, an occasion to celebrate... Read more

3 February 2020
Press Release

Delivering comprehensive sexuality education for vocational training students in Lao PDR

For the first time, students of technical and vocational education training (TVET) in Lao PDR were able to attend comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) courses. Six hundred students, mostly around... Read more

22 January 2020
News

Enhance Human Capital and Social Investments for Demographic Dividend in Lao PDR

Lao PDR has one of the youngest populations in Southeast Asia, with over half (50.8%) of the population being between the age of 10 and 35 years (Lao Statistics Bureau [LSB], 2015). The age structure... Read more

29 December 2019
Press Release

ບັນດາໄວໜຸ່ມລາວໄດ້ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມຂະບວນການໂຄສະນາໃນຫົວຂໍ້ “ຂ້ອຍ, ຮ່າງກາຍຂອງຂ້ອຍ, ໂລກຂອງຂ້ອຍ, ແລະ ອະນາຄົດຂອງຂ້ອຍ” ກ່ຽວກັບການປ່ຽນແປງດິນຟ້າອາກາດ

ວັນທີ 29 ທັນວາ 2019, ທີ່ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ - ໄວໜຸ່ມຈໍານວນ 200 ກວ່າຄົນໄດ້ເຕົ້າໂຮມກັນຢູ່ວິທະຍາເຂດມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລແຫ່ງຊາດລາວເພື່ອຮ່ວມກັນເຮັດກິດຈະກຳ ແລະ ເກັບຂີ້ເຫຍື້ອພາຍໃນວິທະຍາເຂດ ມີການຈັດການສິ່ງເສດເຫຼືອ ແລະ... Read more

29 December 2019
Press Release

Lao youth taking part in Me My Body My Planet My Future campaign on climate change

Dec 29, 2019, Vientiane—Hundreds of young people gathered at the campus of the National University of Laos to take part in cleaning up the campus and interactive sessions on solid waste management... Read more

19 December 2019
Press Release

New National Plan of Action Prioritizing Multi-Partner Coordination in Combating Violence against Women in Lao PDR

Dec 19, Vientiane Capital- The National Commission for the Advancement of Women and Mothers and Children (NCAWMC) and UNFPA convened a two-day workshop on the formulation of the new National Plan of... Read more

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