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11 July 2019
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Want to improve women’s lives and countries’ prospects for prosperity? Expand contraceptive choice. Her life. Her choice. Our future.
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World Population Day Women have a right to make their own decisions about whether, when and how often to become pregnant. That right was... Read more
4 July 2019
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Opening Remarks by Dr. Babatunde Ahonsi, UNFPA China Representative at the National Event Commemorating the 2019 World Population Day
July 4 2019, Changchun City, Jilin Province On behalf of the United Nations Population Fund, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the National Health Commission and the Changchun Municipality... Read more
7 June 2019
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Hu Lan (third to the left) launched China’s first Dance4Life young pioneer band for promoting youth sexual and reproductive health.
A community volunteer breaks taboos in Shenzhen
Wherever young people gather in China, there is an elephant in the room. It’s too embarrassing for many people to discuss, so they don’t. And so the elephant keeps getting bigger.  Sexual and... Read more
21 May 2019
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Promoting women’s and children’s health through the life-course: China Women’s and Children’s Health Conference concluded in Beijing
The China Women’s and Children’s Health Conference co-hosted by China Preventive Medicine Association (CPMA), The George Institute for Global Health (TGI) and the United Nations Population Fund (... Read more
14 May 2019
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Today, Ms. Wen and Ms. Yan see eye-to-eye on the equality of women and girls. © Dushan Township Family Planning Office/Zhang Min
In China, women work to raise the status of girls
LILING, China – Not long ago, Wen Xiujuan was swept up in a romance. Against the wishes of her parents, she moved to the small village of Liling, 300 km from her hometown, to marry a young man named... Read more
3 May 2019
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Midwives— Defenders of Human Rights
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem for the International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2019   Midwives are public health heroes, ensuring that a woman can have a healthy pregnancy,... Read more
30 April 2019
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A youth representative sharing her story with Dr. Natalia Kanem on her participation in the UNFPA Leadership Project in Beijing on 25 April 2019. Photo credit: BIEG
UNFPA seeks to deepen cooperation with China under the Belt and Road Initiative
The Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China is crucial for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially for the Goals 3 and 5 on... Read more
19 April 2019
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“ICPD: 25 years in China” thematic side event held at United Nations headquarters in New York
The 52th session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development was held at headquarters in New York from 1 to 5 April 2019. Under the theme "Review and appraisal of the Programme of... Read more
15 April 2019
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Chinese language edition of 2019 State of World Population report launched in Beijing
UNFPA China and the Department of Population Monitoring and Family Development of National Health Commission jointly launched the 2019 State of the World Population Report titled “Unfinished business... Read more
11 April 2019
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Opening Remarks at the launch of the 2019 State of World Population Report by Mr. Nicholas Rosellini, United Nations Resident Coordinator in China
11 April 2019 It is my great pleasure to address the opening of the launch of the 2019 State of the World Population Report themed “Unfinished business: the Pursuits of rights and choices for all”.... Read more

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