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8 March 2017
Statement
Statement of UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2017
Gender equality is a human right. Women are entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from... Read more
1 February 2017
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Mon* started her relationship with a guy when she was 14 years old. They met on Facebook. After dating for a few months, “he wanted to have sex. He did not use... Read more
20 October 2016
News
The United Nations Population Fund’s flagship State of World Population 2016 – titled ‘10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age’– shows that our collective future will be shaped by... Read more
20 October 2016
News
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Thailand Country office offers its condolences to the people of Thailand in their time of profound loss and sadness, upon the death of King Bhumibol... Read more
6 July 2016
News
As UNFPA calls for greater investment in teenage girls to mark World Population Day 2016, Thailand enacts a new law to tackle high rates of teenage pregnancy.
Bangkok, Thailand – For 18-year-old... Read more
10 December 2015
News
Today, we mark the launch of a year-long campaign for the 50th anniversary of two landmark international treaties. Together, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the... Read more
3 December 2015
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BANGKOK - When the ground shook on April 25, 2015, in Nepal's worst earthquake in almost a century, Ishwori Dangol's life changed forever. Seven months pregnant at the time, she lost her seven-year-... Read more
11 October 2015
News
Today, as we celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child, the world has an unprecedented opportunity to focus on the power of girls to drive progress and transform our world.
By prominently... Read more
27 July 2015
Statement
UNFPA Thailand welcomes consideration of draft bill on teenage pregnancy prevention
27 July 2015, Bangkok -- UNFPA Thailand welcomes progress in Thailand's efforts to reverse the current trends of... Read more
11 November 2014
News
Rajavithi Hospital Director Udom Chaovarindr admitted that a memo prohibiting employees from getting pregnant until the end of next year did exist, but explained that it was a mutual agreement within... Read more