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14 June 2018
News
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
Press Release
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
News
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
News
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
17 December 2017
Press Release
Cox’s Bazar, 17 December 2017 – The Government of the Republic of Korea has committed US$ 500,000 to assist UNFPA Bangladesh with its crucial response to the unique sexual reproductive health and... Read more
6 November 2017
Press Release
The Australian Government has committed AUD 1.5 million to scale up UNFPA’s humanitarian response in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, amid the Rohingya refugee crisis. Funds will strengthen sexual... Read more
28 October 2017
Statement
28 October, 2017 - COX’s BAZAR, Bangladesh - UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has long supportedthe Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on strengthening rights-based... Read more
27 October 2017
Press Release
26 October 2017, Dhaka – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund in Bangladesh, and Sweden, represented by Sida, signed a landmark grant agreement, launching the “Strengthening Midwifery-led... Read more