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El Salvador further reported that progress with its system for health information (SIS) has been enhanced to record

Andrew V. Schally and colleagues found that a potent GRP

All forms of violence against women seriously violate and impair or nullify the enjoyment by women of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and have serious immediate and

The Commission further requested JECFA to consider new data and information related to other factors pertaining to human health,

The Committee for the United Nations Population Award selected the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development in recognition of its pioneering achievements in: (a) developing the role of parliaments in the Asia and the Pacific region to achieve the goals of the International Conference on Population and Development through national parliamentary committees on population and development, which have become a worldwide model; (b) contributing to the establishment of regional parliamentary forums in Africa and Europe; (c) promoting parliamentary action on population and development issues by facilitating dialogue within and among parliaments; and (d) strengthening the knowledge and capacity of parliamentarians to advocate,

Gender equality: empower young people and women to demand their rights related to gender equality; rights for women and men to have control over and decide

Deeply concerned also about discrimination against the girl child and the violation of the rights of the girl child, which often result in less access for girls to education, and to quality education, nutrition and physical and mental health care, in girls enjoying fewer of the rights, opportunities and benefits of childhood and adolescence than boys, and in leaving them more vulnerable than boys to the consequences of unprotected and premature sexual relations and often being subjected to various forms of cultural, social, sexual and economic exploitation and violence, abuse, rape, incest, honour-related crimes and harmful traditional

Comprehensive sexuality education: provide young people with comprehensive education from a human

(h) Addressing disability-specific vulnerabilities, including by offering services and social support to women and girls with disabilities at the community level, as well as assistive devices in order to avoid isolation and confinement in their homes; ensuring adequate institutional oversight of institutions where women and girls with disabilities reside; ensuring access to information for women and girls with disabilities, and for people in their immediate environment, on how to prevent, recognize and report instances of exploitation, violence and abuse; providing information in an accessible

The main areas in which UNFPA assists countries include: (1) formulation of policies and strategies to reduce poverty and support sustainable development; (2) collection and analysis of population data that can help them understand population trends and its use for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every young person is free of HIV and AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated

The ministerial meeting endorsed and adopted the draft commitment document, which called for strengthening the enforcement of national laws and the implementation of policies, including gender mainstreaming and budgeting, to advance women’s economic, social and political

During the side event the participants shared experiences in the following areas: strengthening of a gender perspective in public policies for indigenous people; development of leadership capacities of indigenous women (e.g. the alliance between indigenous women’s networks, the National Autonomous University of Mexico and UN-Women); local capacity development, with particular attention to