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8 March 2019
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Message of UNFPA Philippines Representative Iori Kato
for International Women's Day
To commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is standing in... Read more
7 March 2019
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March marks the annual Women’s Month celebration – As part of a series of events to formally kick things off, SPARK! and the Office of the Vice President, in partnership with the Embassies of... Read more
25 January 2019
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MANILA, Philippines - 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... Read more
3 December 2018
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Honorable Executive Director, Commission on Population (POPCOM), Dr. Juan Antonio A. Perez III
Honorable Chairperson, Philippine Commission on Women, Dr. Rhodora T. Masilang-Bucoy
Honorable Executive... Read more
20 November 2018
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MARAWI CITY, Philippines – “Many women and girls here were suffering from violence. And the armed conflict made the situation of gender-based violence even worse,” said Umme Limbona, a 26-year-old... Read more
7 November 2018
Press Release
MARAWI, Philippines – To provide a multi-sectoral specialized care to the survivors of gender-based violence, the Department of Health, in partnership with UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and... Read more
17 October 2018
Press Release
MANILA, Philippines, 17 October 2018 - The global trend towards smaller families is a reflection of people making reproductive choices. “The historic transition to lower fertility has emerged... Read more
26 September 2018
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ITOGON, BENGUET, Philippines – Nine months pregnant and caught in the maelstrom of Typhoon Mangkhut’s strong rains and gusty winds, Ginalyn Franco prepared to leave her home on September 16 in the... Read more
17 September 2018
Press Release
MANILA, Philippines, 17 September 2018— Typhoon Mangkhut (locally known as Ompong) entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on 12 September. The storm’s strong rains and gusty winds... Read more
29 August 2018
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Despite an end to the conflict in Marawi, Philippines, humanitarian needs remain for women and girls
MARAWI, Philippines – In a sweltering tent at a rain-beaten evacuation centre in conflict-scarred Marawi city, Aslima Tawacal, 35, carefully safeguards the medicines she has just received from a... Read more