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UNFPA Study on Bodily Autonomy
The United Nations Population Fund recently released a report “My Body is My Own”. The report is about women’s power to make decisions on their bodies. It also reported about the laws in different countries that support women rights in this matter. Key Findings Nearly half of the women in the world cannot make their ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Topics: gender discrimination • Gender Inequality • United Nations • United Nations Population Fund • Women Empowerment
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation observed on February 6
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is observed annually on February 6, across the world. Genital Mutilation, or altering the female genitalia for non-medical reasons is prevalent in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and other parts of the world. In 2012, the UN General Assembly designated February 6th as the ..
Topics: Middle-East • UN General Assembly • UNICEF • United Nations Population Fund • Violence against women
State of World Population 2019
The United Nations Population Fund has released the State of World Population 2019 report. Findings of the Report India’s population grew at an average annual rate of 1.2 per cent between 2010 and 2019 to 1.36 billion. It was more than double the annual growth rate of China. India’s population in 2019 stood at 1.36 billion. The population has ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: China • life expectancy at birth • Maternal Mortality Ratio • State of World Population • State of World Population 2019 • TFR • total fertility rate • United Nations Population Fund
WHO granted $175,000 for healthcare of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released its first tranche of emergency funding of $ 175,000 to provide essential medicines and life-saving healthcare to the vulnerable population in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar that has witnessed an influx of thousands of Rohingyas from Myanmar. The WHO grant will support 20 mobile medical teams to provide essential services ..
Topics: Asia • Bay of Bengal • Continents • Cox's Bazar • Essential medicines • Rohingya people • Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh • United Nations Population Fund
Uttar Pradesh Nargis Yadav: The 7 Billionth Baby
Nargis Yadav of Dauraha village near Lucknow was declared the symbolic seven billionth resident of the world recently. It was not possible for anyone to claim that one child is the seven billionth baby, so United National Population Fund had estimated that the world’s population would breach the seven billion mark on October 31, and ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Topics: Actors • Billionth • Indian people • Lucknow • Nargis • United Nations Population Fund • Uttar Pradesh