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Child and Adolescent Health and Development: Progress Report 2006-2007
This publication outlines the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development's (CAH) key achievements during the 2006-2007 biennium. It includes a message from the Director and highlights from the following areas of work:
The health of newborns
Infant Feeding
Child health and development
Adolescent health and development
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>whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2008/9789241596497_eng.pdf
July 14, 2008
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Uganda Meeting to Focus on Reproductive Health in Emergencies

The Reproductive Health in Emergencies Conference 2008 takes place in Uganda in June 2008, sponsored by the Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in Emergencies (RAISE) Initiative.  Themes for the conference include safe motherhood in emergencies situations, such as emergency obstetric care and post-abortion care, family planning, STIs/HIV/AIDS, and gender-based violence among populations affected by conflict and natural disaster; collection and use of reproductive health more...
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>Reproductive Health in Emergencies Conference 2008
June 13, 2008
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UNFPA Workshop on the Needs of Displaced and Migrant Women in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations
 “Despite progress in establishing norms and standards, reproductive health, gender and data issues are not adequately understood; are not integrated into humanitarian operations; and are neglected in many countries in planning for recovery.” (UNFPA Role in emergency preparedness, humanitarian respons more...
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>+ UNFPA role in emergency preparedness, humanitarian response, and transition and recovery (DP/FPA/2006/14)
>+ The Inter-University Committee on International Migration
>+ Global Review of Challenges and Good Practices in Support of Displaced Women in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations (Hammamet, Tunisia, 21-24 June 2007)
>+ Reassessing Institutional Support for Security Council Resolution 1325: Defining the UNFPA Role and Strengthening Support for Women Affected by Conflict (UNFPA, 2006)
>+ Capacity-Building Workshop for Women from Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations: Workshop Report
>+ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (S/RES/1325 (2000))
October 23, 2007
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Global Technical Consultation on Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C)
Between 100 and 140 million women and girls have been subjected to the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) across the world, predominantly in 28 countries in Africa and the Middle East and also among immigrant communities in Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand as well as in some communities in India, Indonesia, Iraq and Malaysia. FGM/C infringes on the rights of women and girls to reproductive health and bodily integrity and subjec more...
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>+ Global Consultation on FGM/C: Proposed Way Forward (Presentation)
>+ Global Consultation on FGM/C: Final Declaration of Participants
>+ Webpage of the Global Technical Consultation on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (30 July – 3 August 2007)
>+ Global Consultation on FGM/C: Outline of the Roadmap to Accelerate Elimination of FGM/C in One Generation (Draft)
>+ Female Genital Mutilation and Obstetric Outcome: WHO Study of Six African Countries
>+ Female Genital Mutilation Conference – London, June 01, 2007
>+ Global Consultation on FGM/C: Update on FGM/C (Background Document)
August 14, 2007
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Family Planning and Reproductive Health:
The Link to Environmental Preservation





more...
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>+ Family Planning and Reproductive Health: The Link to Environmental Preservation (Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Research & Policy, 2007)
>+ State of World Population 2001: Footprints and Milestones: Population and Environmental Change (UNFPA, 2001)
>+ Strategies for Sustainable Development: Case Studies of Community-Based Population, Health, and Environment Projects (PRB, 2006)
>+ Environment and Human Well-being: A Practical Strategy (UN Millennium Project, Task Force on Environmental Sustainability, 2005)
July 18, 2007
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State of World Population 2007:
Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth
 
In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half of the human population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. The next few decades will see an unprecedented scale of urban growth in the developing world. This will be particularly notable in Africa and Asia where the urban population will double between 2000 and 2030. The accumulated urban growth of these two regions during the whole span o more...
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>..... Spanish
>..... Arabic
>+ World Urbanization Prospects: The 2005 Revision (UN Population Division, 2006)
>+ State of World Population 2007: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth (UNFPA, 2007)
>..... French
>..... French
>+ A Home in the City (UN Millennium Project Task Force on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers, 2005)
>..... Spanish
>+ Growing Up Urban (State of World Population 2007 – Youth Supplement) (UNFPA, 2007)
June 27, 2007
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Sexual Violence:
Weapon of War, Impediment to Peace
(Forced Migration Review, Issue 27, Jan. 2007)

 

This issue of Forced Migration Review (FMR) explores the challenges and opportunities for combating sexual violence in conflict, post-conflict and development recovery contexts. Produced in partnership with the U more...
Related links:
>+ The Secretary-General's In-depth Study on All Forms of Violence Against Women (United Nations, 2006)
>+ Sexual Violence – Resource Summary (Forced Migration Online, 2007)
>+ Women are the Fabric: Reproductive Health for Communities in Crisis (UNFPA, 2006)
>+ Sexual Violence: Weapon of War, Impediment to Peace (FMR, Issue 27, January 2007)
>+ Addressing Sexual Violence (UNFPA Web Page)
>+ Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings (Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), 2005)
>+ Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)
>+ Beyond Firewood: Fuel Alternatives and Protection Strategies for Displaced Women and Girls (Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, 2006)
>+ International Symposium on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Beyond (21-23 June 2006, Brussels, Palais d’Egmont)
March 6, 2007
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Interview with Ms. Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director
UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund
Questions and Answers on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) threatens the sexual and reproductive health of millions of women and girls in parts of Africa, Asia and some Arab States. It is also practiced in some immigrant communities in Europe and North America. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) addresses the practice of FGM/C not only because of its harmful impact on the reproductive and sexual h more...
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>+ A Time for Change: Women Speak out Against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting See dgCommunity on Gender and Development
>+ Speaking Out Against FGM/C in Egypt See dgCommunity on Culture and Development
>+ Statement of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA, on the International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation (6 February 2007)
>+ Frequently Asked Questions on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (UNFPA)
>+ Civil Society Takes Action: Initiation Without Cutting Programs See dgCommunity on Civil Society
>+ Interview with Ms. Thoraya Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director: Questions and Answers on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
>+ Ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (UNFPA)
>+ Female Genital Mutilation and Obstetric Outcome: WHO Collaborative Prospective Study in Six African Countries (WHO)
>+ International Zero Tolerance Day - Voices the World Over Speak Out Against Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting See dgCommunity on Gender and Development
>+ Statement of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA, on the International Day for the Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (6 February 2006)
>+ FGM: A Traditional Practice that Increases HIV/AIDS Risk to Women and Girls See dgCommunity on HIV/AIDS
>+ Despite Signs of Hope, 3 Million Girls Are Still Subjected to FGM/C Every Year See dgCommunity on Youth
December 18, 2006
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Interactive Resources for Young People
on Population and Reproductive Health
[Image (clockwise from top-left): APROPO/JHU, Columbia University,

UNICEF more...
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>+ UNFPA: Taking Action With and For Young People
>+ Go Ask Alice! [Columbia University]
>+ I Wanna Know - Teen Live Forum [American Social Health Association (ASHA)]
>+ teenwire.com - Ask the Experts [Planned Parenthood Federation of America]
>.....Spanish
>+ Entra en Acción – Consulta a la Consejera, Trixsi [Apoyo a Programas de Población (APROPO); La Escuela Bloomberg de la Universidad Johns Hopkins]
>+ What Would You Do? [United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)]
>.....Swahili
>+ The Hubba Hubba Challenge - Got it Covered? [Ministry of Health, New Zealand]
>+ Sex-Fu Challenge [The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)]
>+ The Cost of Sex [The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)]
>+ Jouer à la population [Institut national d’études démographiques (INED)]
>.....English
>+ Scenarios USA - Films
>+ Games for Adolescent Reproductive Health: An International Handbook [Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)]
>+ YouthNet - Resources for Young People [Family Health International (FHI)]
November 28, 2006
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State of World Population 2006
A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration
 

Nearly half of all international migrants are women, yet their needs and rights are often ignored in migration policies. The individual experiences of migrant women are diverse – many women migrate for marriage, to rejoin family, or for work opportunities. For some, it is force, not choice that compels women to migrate. Migrant women are young, old, married, single, divorced and widowed. The more...
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>.....Arabic
>+ International Migration 2006 Wall Chart (UN Population Division, 2006)
>+ International Migration and the Millennium Development Goals (UNFPA, 2005)
>+ State of World Population 2006: A Passage to Hope
>+ Moving Young (State of World Population 2006 – Youth Supplement)
>+ High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (United Nations General Assembly, 14-15 September 2006)
>.....Spanish
>.....French
>.....Russian
>+ International Migration and Development: Report of the Secretary-General for the Sixtieth Session of the General Assembly (May 2006)
>+ Female Migrants: Bridging the Gaps Throughout the Life Cycle (UNFPA and IOM, 2006)
>.....Spanish
>.....French
>+ Women Migrant Workers – Various Resources (UNIFEM)
>+ Compendium of Recommendations on International Migration and Development (UN Population Division, 2006)
>+ Women and Migration (Migration Policy Institute, Migration Information Source, March 2003)
September 6, 2006
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