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25 August 2018
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August 25, 2018, marks one year since violence erupted in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, triggering the massive Rohingya exodus to neighbouring Bangladesh. As the crisis continues with no immediate end in... Read more
23 August 2018
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Saturday the 25th of August marks a year since the Rohingya people of Rakhine State in Myanmar began fleeing across the border into Bangladesh, creating the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis –... Read more
19 August 2018
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A year ago today, just four staff were observing World Humanitarian Day in the UNFPA's Cox's Bazar sub-office. Less than a week later, after horrific violence flared across the border in Myanmar’s... Read more
12 August 2018
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COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - The healing power of art and creativity is on full display in the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, this International Youth Day.
Children and... Read more
14 June 2018
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Midwives are prepared with gumboots and rain gear to assist women to clinics for care. The conditions this week have been testing.
Babies are born in crisis.
Monsoon Rains Bring New... Read more
7 June 2018
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Speaking to BBC Bangladesh in front of the Women Friendly Space in the Rohingya Camp, Dr. Natalia Kanem expressed that the women call the place “House of Peace”. She further emphasized that “our... Read more
28 March 2018
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Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh 29 March 2018 – The Government of Japan in partnership with UNFPA, the UN reproductive health and rights agency, will provide lifesaving sexual and reproductive health and... Read more
21 March 2018
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The newly appointed UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) Representative in Bangladesh, Ms. Asa Britta Torkelsson, formally presented her credentials to the Foreign Minister, Mr. Abul Hassan Mahmood... Read more
8 March 2018
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UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem
International Women’s Day, 8 March 2018
The economic inequalities plaguing much of the world today are reinforced by many other forms of inequality,... Read more
23 December 2017
Press Release
Cox’s Bazar 23 December 2017 - The New Zealand government has committed 1 million NZD to help UNFPA address the sexual and reproductive health and protection needs of women and girls, and to aid... Read more