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Peace in the home: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls – even during COVID-19

calendar_today 11 July 2020

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Peace in the home: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls – even during COVID-19

Sexual and reproductive health care is a right, and like pregnancies and childbirth, human rights don’t stop for pandemics. Together, let’s put the brakes on COVID-19 and…

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Adolescent girls band together, showing communities ‘she counts’

calendar_today 09 July 2020

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Adolescent girls band together, showing communities ‘she counts’

Exposed to poverty, poor infrastructure and damaging notions that girls are less valuable than boys, many girls in rural Nepal accept these conditions as fate. But increasingly…

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Joint Press Statement on PSEA and GBV during COVID-19 response

calendar_today 08 July 2020

Press Release

Joint Press Statement on PSEA and GBV during COVID-19 response

All actors involved in the COVID-19 response need to continue to respect the right of all people, especially women and girls, youth, minorities and marginalised groups, to be safe…

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यौन शोषण तथा दुर्व्यवहार र लैङ्गिक हिंसा सम्बन्धी संयुक्त प्रेस वक्तव्य

calendar_today 08 July 2020

Press Release

यौन शोषण तथा दुर्व्यवहार र लैङ्गिक हिंसा सम्बन्धी संयुक्त प्रेस वक्तव्य

कोभिड–१९ प्रतिकार्यमा संलग्न सबै पक्षहरूले सबै व्यक्ति, विशेष गरी महिला तथा किशोरी, युवायुवती, अल्पसङ्ख्यक र सीमान्तीकृत समूहहरूको सहायता प्राप्त गर्ने क्रममा हुने भेदभाव, यौन…

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Urgent, accelerated action needed to stop child marriage and son preference, says new UNFPA report

calendar_today 30 June 2020

Press Release

Urgent, accelerated action needed to stop child marriage and son preference, says new UNFPA report

KATHMANDU — Every year, millions of girls are subjected to practices that harm them physically and emotionally, with the full knowledge and consent of their families,…

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बालविवाह र छोरीभन्दा छोराको चाहना रोक्न तत्काल कार्य आवश्यक :  यूएनएफपीए प्रतिवेदन 

calendar_today 30 June 2020

Press Release

बालविवाह र छोरीभन्दा छोराको चाहना रोक्न तत्काल कार्य आवश्यक :  यूएनएफपीए प्रतिवेदन 

काठमाडौँ — संयुक्त राष्ट्रसङ्घीय जनसङ्ख्या कोष (यूएनएफपीए) ले आज जारी गरेको विश्व जनसंख्या स्थिति २०२० प्रतिवेदन अनुसार प्रत्येक वर्ष लाखौ किशोरीहरु आफ्नो परिवार, साथी…

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दोषारोपण र भेदभाव अन्त्य गरौं, माया फैलाऔं

calendar_today 23 June 2020

Press Release

दोषारोपण र भेदभाव अन्त्य गरौं, माया फैलाऔं

९ असार, २०७७ : कोरोना भाइरस (कोभिड-१९) को सन्दर्भमा फैलिरहेको दोषारोपण र भेदभावको अन्त्यको आव्हान गर्दै नेपाल स्थित संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघका विभिन्न निकायहरू र ३० भन्दा…

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Meeting family planning needs in Nepal’s quarantine centres

calendar_today 23 June 2020

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Meeting family planning needs in Nepal’s quarantine centres

KATHMANDU, Nepal – When Kabita Bhandari arrived at a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Baitadi District, in far-western Nepal, residents thought she was bringing food…

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Stop stigma and discrimination, spread love

calendar_today 23 June 2020

Press Release

Stop stigma and discrimination, spread love

23 June 2020, Kathmandu: Today, the United Nations Country Team in Nepal - together with over 30 national and international organisations - collectively launched the #मायाफैलाऔं …

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