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26 September 2017
Press Release
SARAJEVO, 26 September 2017 – Today is the World Contraception Day. To mark this day, the Strategic planning workshop on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) was held in Sarajevo. The workshop was... Read more
12 August 2017
Press Release
Sarajevo, 12 August 2017 – Today the world marks the International Youth Day promoting the role of young women and men as essential partners in achieving human rights and development.
International... Read more
3 July 2017
On the occasion of 19 June, the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the importance of the position of survivors of sexual violence during the conflict in Bosnia and... Read more
29 June 2017
News
SARAJEVO, 29. June 2017 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund and the British Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina congratulate the Inter-Religious Council in Bosnia and Herzegovina on its 20th... Read more
4 May 2017
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is announcing the launch of UNFPA Award in recognition of commendable efforts undertaken in Bosnia and Herzegovina that challenge dominant social... Read more
8 March 2017
News
These women are not involved in prestigious individual sports. They do not wear white skirts, they do not get the money from annual municipal budgets in Bosnia and Herzegovina after winning a... Read more
8 March 2017
According to the United Nations Population Fund’s reports, investments in family planning could have a helpful effect on developing countries. As a result, women would live longer and healthier lives... Read more
9 December 2016
Press Release
SARAJEVO, 9 December 2016 – The UN General Assembly proclaimed 10th of December as Human Rights Day in 1950, to draw attention to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the common standard of... Read more
20 October 2016
Press Release
Investing in 10-year-old girls could yield huge demographic dividend, boost national economies
• Girls are generally well educated in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region
• But early marriage... Read more
9 August 2016
Statement
As the father of four daughters and as the Executive Director for UNFPA, a leading UN agency working on maternal health, it warms my heart to see that safe motherhood and women's reproductive health... Read more