And I'm appalled to see House Republican initiatives to defund the UN Population Fund, UNFPA, because it supposedly is soft on abortion — it isn't, and in any case, it plays a crucial role in supporting family planning and programs against sexual violence.
Last year, the Nepalese government finally allocated funds for the eradication of fistula, after almost four years' campaigning by international organisations such as the UN population fund, UNFPA, to make it a national priority.
As UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) puts it, women are the ones who cook, clean, and farm for their families, in addition to providing health care and hygiene.
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It opposes UNFPA's efforts everywhere and concocts fresh accusations against UNFPA in every country in which it works.
Investing When It Counts (Population Council, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNAIDS 2006) This publication is intended generating the evidence base for policies and programmes to address the important issues facing very young adolescents.
It was the UNFPA that took over from MDM, not as a conscious choice but because its policy of promoting free deliveries in Niger prompted it to choose a health region that included the district of Keita where MDM had developed its pilot experiment of free deliveries.
She said while UNDP is better able to deal with cuts to its core budget, smaller agencies like UNFPA, which does critical work, will find it harder to cope.
In 2007, the UNFPA 'pre-qualified' the FC2, making it eligible for bulk purchasing by public-sector agencies, and between 2007 and 2010, the number of female condoms distributed globally doubled from 25 million to 50 million.
