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21 Jul 2024

India's Elderly Population To Double By 2050; UNFPA

UNFPA urges India to prepare for a doubled elderly population by 2050 with investments in healthcare, housing, and pensions.

Antonio Guterres

05 Apr 2017

US funding cut to UN Population Fund could be devastating: UN chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the US funding cut for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) could have devastating effects on the health of vulnerable women and girls around the world.

04 Apr 2017

US withdraws funding for UN Population Fund

The US has withdrawn funding for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in over 150 countries.

27 Mar 2017

More than 10,000 attacks on Yemeni women in 2016: UN

The conflict in Yemen has made women and girls more vulnerable to gender-based violence, with more than 10,000 cases reported last year, the UN Population Fund said on Monday.

17 Nov 2016

Sri Lanka aims to be HIV free by 2030

Sri Lanka is making timely interventions in its efforts to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, as part of the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Thursday.

21 Jul 2016

Myanmar census data undercuts Buddhist hardliner claims

Muslims make up just over two percent of Myanmar`s population, government census figures showed on Thursday, undercutting claims by Buddhist hardliners that Islam poses a threat to the dominance of their faith.

11 Feb 2016

'53% Pakistani teenage girls feel domestic violence is justified if wife refuses to have sex'

Over half a population of teenage girls in Pakistan believes that it is justified for a husband to beat his wife if she refuses to have sex, claims United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report.

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