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No more missing girls and women: Address the scourge of son preference and gender-biased sex selection
HA NOI, 17 July 2020 - Every year, millions of girls are subjected to practices that harm them physically and emotionally, with the full knowledge... Read more
Speech of Ms. Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative at the launch of the State of World Population Report 2020
On behalf of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Viet Nam, I am very pleased to launch in Viet Nam UNFPA’s flagship report, the State of... Read more
New partnership forged to strengthen Viet Nam’s Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
HA NOI, 17 July 2020 – A new partnership has been signed today between UNFPA in Viet Nam and Vital Strategies as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies... Read more
Speech of Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative in Viet Nam at the launch of the results of the national study on violence against women in Viet Nam in 2019
I am much honored to be here today to disseminate the results of the 2nd national study on violence against women in Viet Nam, which was conducted in... Read more
Journey for Change: Second National Study on Violence Against Women in Viet Nam 2019 Released
HA NOI, 14 July 2020 – The National Study on Violence Against Women conducted in Viet Nam has yielded a comprehensive and updated picture of this... Read more
Peace in the home: safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls – even during COVID-19
Peace in our world begins with peace in the home, as the United Nations Secretary-General stated in his call for a global ‘ceasefire’ on gender-based... Read more
Pregnancy doesn't stop during a pandemic. Neither do human rights
COVID-19 has taken an enormous toll on women and girls around the world as a direct consequence of national lockdowns and the sidelining of sexual... Read more
Confronting the silent and endemic crisis of harmful practices
NEW YORK--Every year, millions of girls are subjected to practices that harm them physically and emotionally, with the full knowledge and consent of... Read more
The Government of Viet Nam, the Government of Australia and UN agencies (UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women) join hands to protect women and children from violence in COVID-19 context
HA NOI, 17 June 2020 – Today a new joint project to address violence against women and children in Viet Nam - a priority response to Covid-19 - was... Read more
Speech of Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative in Viet Nam at the signing ceremony of the DFAT funded project
This is a new project jointly funded by the Australian Government (DFAT) and the UN agencies, and co-implemented by UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women, and... Read more