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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
13 July 2016
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arajevo –Each year since 1990, UNFPA offices, governments and communities have observed the 11th of July as the World Population Day to raise awareness of important population and development issues... Read more
18 June 2016
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SARAJEVO, 18 June 2016 – The United Nations General Assembly designated 19 June the International Day against Sexual Violence in Conflict with the aim to raise awareness of the need to end conflict-... Read more
12 April 2016
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Sarajevo/Zenica, 12 April 2016 - Bosnia and Herzegovina’s women’s football team will play one of the most important matches today in Zenica, against England national team, one of the best in the... Read more
3 December 2015
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UNITED NATIONS, New York, 3 December 2015 --The health needs of women and adolescents are too often neglected in humanitarian response to natural disasters and conflicts around the world, even... Read more