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2 February 2005
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 26 January 2005—A total of 166 countries contributed to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in 2004 – a record high in the Fund’s 35-year history. The top six donors were the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Japan, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Contributions to UNFPA regular resources in 2004 were $326 million (provisional), the highest total ever, passing for the first time the 1996 high of $300 million.
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Aceh Tsunami Survivors Need More Family Planning Supplies
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, 25 January 2005—Nearly four weeks after the tsunami, doctors and local social workers say there will be an increased demand for contraceptives among the displaced population, as couples seek to prevent pregnancies while they are living in camps. A medical doctor with the Indonesian National Family Planning Coordinating Board, Tri Tjahjadi, said that his office is experiencing an increase in demand for contraceptives from people in camps in various parts of Aceh province.
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Germany and Norway Support UNFPA Assistance to Tsunami Survivors
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 24 January 2005—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warmly welcomed new contributions by the Governments of Germany and Norway to its ongoing efforts to assist the survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami. The new amounts of $8.1 million from Germany and $2 million from Norway came in response to a $28 million tsunami-relief appeal issued by UNFPA earlier this month.
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Sri Lankan Maternity Hospital Staff Copes With Crisis
GALLE, Sri Lanka, 20 January 2005—Dr. Samarasinghe was in the middle of a Caesarean section when the first of three massive waves slammed into the Maternity Hospital in the south coast city of Galle. The electricity was knocked out immediately along with the emergency generator. “It sounded like a freight train coming straight through the ground floor,” he recalls.
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Survivors Give Birth Without Basic Necessities
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, 19 January 2005—Zakira was born last Saturday on a plastic tarp in an improvised camp for people who lost their homes in the Dec. 26 tsunami. She was born without the use of any medicines, sanitary supplies, even a piece of soap. The newborn’s aunt, who is a midwife, used a pair of paper scissors to cut the umbilical cord.
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Sri Lanka: Young People Pitch in to Assist Survivors of Tsunami Disaster
COLOMBO—In a quiet, leafy enclave in Sri Lanka’s capital, 35 young volunteers work in assembly line fashion putting together emergency hygienic supplies. These supplies are badly needed by women and girls affected by the devastating tsunami that claimed 30,000 lives in this island country and left over 800,000 homeless.
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UNFPA Welcomes Millennium Project's Emphasis on Critical Roles of Gender and Reproductive Health in Poverty Reduction; Urges Speedy Implementation of Recommendations
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 17 January 2005—Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has welcomed the recommendations of the report of the United Nations Millennium Project and urged all development actors to implement them rapidly to save lives, reduce poverty and promote development in poor countries. The Millennium Project is an independent group of development experts, led by Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, New York.
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UNFPA Ships Supplies to Ensure Safe Childbirth and Meet Women's Needs in Tsunami-Hit Countries
JAKARTA, 14 January 2005—To protect the lives of Indonesian women affected by last month’s earthquake and tsunami, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has sent 18 tons of equipment and supplies for maternity care to Aceh Province. Contents range from simple supplies for safe and sanitary home deliveries to hospital equipment needed to re-establish emergency obstetric care for those who experience life-threatening complications during childbirth.
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Japan and the Netherlands Support UNFPA Efforts to Assist Tsunami Survivors
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 13 January 2005—Two new contributions for a total of $6.5 million will help UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, redouble its efforts to meet the health and psycho-social needs of survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami, particularly women and youth. The contributions – $5.5 million by the Government of Japan and $1 million by the Government of the Netherlands – were announced this week.
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UNFPA Appeals to Donors for $28 Million for Women and Youth Affected by Tsunami
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 6 January—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is requesting donors for approximately $28 million to help meet urgent health, hygiene and protection needs for women and youth in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Maldives, the three countries hardest hit by last week’s catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
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UNFPA Calls for Greater Security for Women Affected by Tsunami
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 January—Increased security and better design of humanitarian assistance are urgently needed to minimize attacks on women in areas affected by last week’s earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, warns UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
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Women Survivors of Indian Ocean Disaster Face Urgent Needs, Warns UNFPA
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 31 December 2004—Amid reports that over 5 million people in the Indian Ocean region have been directly affected by the earthquake-triggered tsunamis, local authorities and humanitarian agencies are racing against time to assist survivors who urgently need clean water, food, shelter and medical care. As emergency assessments are underway in many of the areas affected, it is becoming increasingly clear that the particular needs of women require urgent response.
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UNFPA Assists Tsunami Victims, Warns Women and Girls are Especially Vulnerable
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 27 December 2004—In the aftermath of devastating tsunamis that struck several South and South-east Asian countries on Sunday, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is calling on governments, sister UN agencies and other humanitarian partners to ensure that the special needs of women and girls are factored into all short- and medium-term relief planning.
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UNFPA Re-affirms its Commitment to the Family as the Basic Unit of Society
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 7 December 2004—The 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) underscored the importance of families as “central to human societies.” The family is the “basic unit that reproduces and generates norms, values and regulations enabling societal life and creating wealth and knowledge that contribute to the collective well being,” according to Aminata Toure, advisor on gender, culture and human rights at UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
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World AIDS Day - 1 December 2004
1 December 2004—In every region of the world, AIDS is taking a terrible toll on women and girls, who are experiencing rising rates of HIV infection and a disproportionate burden of caring for those who are sick and orphaned. Despite this alarming trend, women and girls know less than men about how HIV/AIDS is transmitted, and what little they do know is often rendered useless by the discrimination and violence they face.
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Canada Increases Its Financial Support To UNFPA
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 1 December 2004—The Government of Canada today announced that it would substantially increase its contributions to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, over the next four years. The total Canadian support for UNFPA over that period will reach Can$67.4 million – or almost Can$17 million per year, compared to Can$13.1 million it gave to UNFPA in 2004. Out of the total amount, Can$9 million will be used to provide reproductive health supplies needed by developing countries.
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Africa's Women Leaders Urge Ratification of African Protocol on Women's Rights
LIBREVILLE, Gabon, 26 November 2004—The Sixth Regional Conference of the Network of African Women Ministers and Parliamentarians ended today with the adoption of the Libreville Declaration, a Strategic Action Plan and recommendations of immediate actions to tackle violence against women.
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Voices of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Honduras
San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 26 November 2004—Ana and Virginia consider themselves sisters. They do not share the same parents, but they are fighting the same disease and are united in their determination to stay healthy for as long as possible. Their bond runs even deeper – both young women got HIV from their partners and then unknowingly passed it on to their daughters.
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The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
25 November 2004—Violence against women and girls is not inevitable. It must be stopped. Constituting a life-long threat to hundreds of millions of girls and women around the world, gender based violence brings with it deep suffering and substantial economic and social costs. Violence against women and girls not only threatens efforts to reduce poverty and poor health; it also threatens efforts to advance peace and security.
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The Arab Population Forum: From Cairo 1994 to Beirut 2004
UNITED NATIONS, Beirut, 23 November 2004—The Arab Population Forum concluded its work in Beirut on Sunday with a declaration reaffirming the region’s commitment to the Programme of Action of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The Forum, held from 19-21 November, reviewed the achievements of the States of the region and the challenges facing them in the field of population and development.
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Young and Rubicam Takes on UK Campaign to End Fistula
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 4 November 2004—The London office of the award-winning advertising agency Young & Rubicam is giving its creative services to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, for the Campaign to End Fistula. The agency will work with UNFPA to break the silence around obstetric fistula in the United Kingdom through possible broadcast, print and electronic materials.
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And the Council Agrees, Strongly Condemns Gender Violence, Rights Violations; Urges Immediate Halt
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 1 November 2004—After strong statements and appeals by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, the Executive Director of UNFPA — the United Nations Population Fund – and several others, the Security Council last week strongly condemned continued acts of gender-based violence and all violations of the human rights of women and girls during armed conflicts.
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