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10/05/2019

No Woman Should Die Giving Life!!  May 12th is Mother's Day, and the start of Safe Motherhood Week in the Philippines! UNFPA Philippines supports the Department of Health to end preventable maternal deaths and morbidity.

25/01/2019

Challenging the idea that sexual assault is a woman’s fault because of what she wears, UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, and UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women launch the “Don't Tell Me How To Dress” Exhibit at the Rockwell Business Center Sheridan (2nd floor), Mandaluyong City.

UNFPA's Pamela Godoy discuses the exhibit, which showcases representations of clothes survivors were wearing when they were sexually harassed or assaulted. The stories vary from children as young as 18 months old, to working professionals who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace.

31/08/2017

UNFPA's Grassroots Entrepreneurship initiative  for Women in Haiyan Affected Areas (Barangay Culasi, Roxas). This was supported by Procter and Gamble.

07/08/2018

Rafael Montinola Salas was a Filipino and the first Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and headed the fund from the time it became operational in 1969 until his untimely death on 3 March 1987. Under his leadership, UNFPA grew from a small trust fund into the world's largest multilateral provider of population assistance. Mr. Salas was a pioneer in the field of population. Indeed, he was one of its first true international advocates, conveying to others the importance of understanding the crucial links between population and development and the need to take population factors into account in development planning.

12/07/2018

The Business Action for Family Planning Access (BAFP) project works to encourage private sector engagement in family planning either in the workplace, community-based or as a core business. Launched in 2014, it is jointly co-funded by UNFPA, UN Foundation, MSD through its MSD for Mothers initiative, and Accenture Development Partnerships. Since 2015, the project has been able to reach almost 1.4 million individuals through family planning sessions in the workplace and in communities. 

12/07/2018

UNFPA Country Representative Klaus Beck and UNFPA’s Maternal Health and Family Planning Programme Analyst, Dr. Angelito Umali, discuss World Population Day 2018 and the opportunities and challenges that Philippine women and girls face in accessing their sexual and reproductive health needs.

13/09/2017

UNFPA Country Representative Klaus Beck discusses Babaenihan, a campaign, in partnership with the Office of the Vice President to raise awareness about the urgency of addressing teenage pregnancies through investments in education, health and economic opportunities. 

06/04/2017

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, regrets the decision by the United States to deny any future funding for its life-saving work the world over. Philippines Country Representative Klaus Beck explains UNFPA's work in the Philippines.

20/10/2016

Adolescent girls are a huge, untapped resource. Investing in them will unleash greater peace, progress and prosperity for all. 

01/01/2016

Surviving Nature's Wrath: A Woman's Story.

This video highlights the risks that pregnant and postpartum women face during a time of disaster, and how UNFPA intervenes to deliver much-needed reproductive health services to avert high likelihood of maternal deaths. This is the second of two parts.

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