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13 February 2018
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Harnessing the Demographic Dividend means Harnessing the Gender Dividend, Investing in Alternative Africa and Reaching Vulnerable Youth: Young People Tell UNFPA Executive Director and UN Youth Envoy
On 13 February 2018, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem, shared a panel with the Youth Envoy, Ms Jayathma Wickeramanayake in a dialogue with young people... Read more
13 February 2018
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"Keep Rising" says Natalia Kanem and Jayathma Wikramanayake to Teenage Girls at Steve Tshwete Secondary School in Olievenhoutbosch, Tshwane
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director, Dr Natalia Kanem, together with the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Ms. Jayathma Wikramanayake, visited two Rise... Read more
12 February 2018
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UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth gives Keynote address at the youth pre-conference for the 8th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights
The UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, in a keynote speech at the youth pre-conference on Sexual Health and Rights (SHR), called on youth sexual and reproductive rights... Read more
15 November 2017
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Ms. Laura Londen, Deputy Executive Director, Management mission to South Africa
Ms Laura Londen, the Deputy Executive Director, Management (DED-M) travelled to the East and Southern Africa (ESA) region on mission from 11-19 November 2017. The mission, in part to participate in... Read more
25 October 2017
State of the World Population 2017: Statement by Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director
The State of World Population 2017 Worlds Apart: Reproductive Health and Rights in an Age of Inequality Our world is increasingly unequal. But this inequality is not only about money. It’s also about... Read more
3 October 2017
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Late World Population Day commemoration proves a success!!
Each year, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) collaborates with the South Africa Government through the Department of Social Development by organising a forward looking event to commemorate... Read more
19 August 2017
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Message of UNFPA Acting Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem World Humanitarian Day 19 August 2017
Reproductive health and rights must be protected in crises   Message of UNFPA Acting Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem World Humanitarian Day 19 August 2017   Every woman has the right to decide... Read more
14 June 2017
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Satellite Session on Gender Based Violence and implications for HIV for young people at Youth Conference, 9-11 June organized by the Higher Education and Training HIV/AIDS Programme (HEAIDS) 2017
On 9th June 2017 the United National Populations Fund (UNFPA) in partnership with the UNWomen in South Africa, hosted a very lively and interactive satellite session “Gender- Based Violence (GBV) as... Read more
14 June 2017
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Satellite Session on South Africa: Harnessing the Demographic Dividend at Youth Conference, 9-11 June organized by the Higher Education and Training HIV/AIDS Programme (HEAIDS) 2017
The United National Population Fund (UNFPA) in South Africa, hosted an engaging satellite session “South Africa: Harnessing the Demographic Dividend” during the Youth Conference on 10 June 2017 in... Read more
13 June 2017
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UNFPA at the Higher Education and Training HIV/AIDS Programme (HEAIDS) 2017 conference
There was excitement in the air as the first ever to be held Higher Education and Training HIV/AIDS Programme (HEAIDS) conference took place in Durban on 9- 11 June 2017. HEAIDS was formed to develop... Read more

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