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21 September 2020
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A Filipino mother from conflict-ridden Maguindanao determined to save fellow women from violence
SHARIFF AGUAK, MAGUINDANAO, The Philippines – Bullet-riddled houses.  Mosques damaged by exploding artillery shells.  The old provincial capital city, home to some 30,000 people, cannot still erase... Read more
14 August 2020
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Significant rise in maternal deaths and unintended pregnancies feared because of COVID-19, UNFPA and UPPI study shows
MANILA, the Philippines -- The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted family planning and maternal and newborn health services globally, and in the Philippines to these indirect effects may significantly... Read more
12 August 2020
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Youth leading the way in COVID19 solutions
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, International Youth Day As we mark International Youth Day in the midst of a global pandemic, we witness how young people are taking action to... Read more
11 August 2020
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New Zealand will provide 13.1 million Peso grant to UNFPA project in BARMM to protect and ensure the health and rights of women and young people for sustained peace
MANILA, The Philippines,  10 August 2020 --- The government of New Zealand will provide the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the Philippines with a grant amounting to 400,000 New Zealand... Read more
9 August 2020
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Father’s hope stronger for his daughter’s recovery from emergency-induced mental illness, with UNFPA support
MAKILALA, NORTH COTABATO, The Philippines -- Inside the earthquake-cracked residence of the Hayods family, Martin’s 15-year-old daughter Lyka* is now always looking straight at him, hurling words... Read more
8 August 2020
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UNFPA’s CERF project helped pregnant mothers in Mindanao to survive earthquakes and COVID-19
KIDAPAWAN CITY, NORTH COTABATO, The Philippines – The progression of pregnancy or childbirth does not wait for a recovery from a natural disaster or a pandemic --- a 30-year-old Margie Betil... Read more
22 July 2020
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Female ex-combatant finds new purpose
MARAWI CITY, Philippines – “Before BARMM, the purpose of my life was mainly to support the combatants.  Now, it is different,” says Ms. Norkisa Mangaho, a 48-year old former member of the Bangsamoro... Read more
11 July 2020
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Why gender equality should be at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery
Op-ed by UN Philippines Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, Gustavo Gonzalez Globally, some 650 million women and girls alive today were married as children. Another 33,000 children... Read more
10 July 2020
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UNFPA in the Philippines launched the State of World Population Report and commemorated the World Population Day together with POPCOM
10 JULY 2020, MANILA, the Philippines – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the Philippines, together with the Philippine Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM), commemorated the... Read more
30 June 2020
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Single mother in Mindanao survives domestic abuse, earthquakes, and COVID-19
TULUNAN, NORTH COTABATO, The Philippines  --- The rainy season has come again, and for "Sarah" (not her real name), a single mother in her late 20s from Tulunan, it only brings back bitter memories... Read more

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