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24 February 2020
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28 YEARS OF SERVICE: MUSTAPHA OSMAN BAGONLURI
Mustapha Osman BAGONLURI is the longest serving driver of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Office (CO) in Ghana. Born in 1959, he joined the agency in his early…
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13 February 2020
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A New Dawn: UNFPA ushers 21 Young People into the Youth Leaders Fellowship
In line with the organization’s mandate of ensuring that the potential of all young people are fulfilled, United Nations Population Fund Ghana in collaboration with the Those Who…
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12 February 2020
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Survivor and former ‘promoter’ speak out on Female Genital Mutilation
Female Genital Mutilation is the non-medical cutting of parts of the female genitalia, which is prevalent in some parts of northern Ghana. Every year since 2003, UNFPA joins the…
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23 January 2020
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H.E Olufemi Michael Abikoye calls for Africa to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council
H.E Olufemi Michael Abikoye, the outgoing Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana made a passionate appeal to the UN for Africa to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council…
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22 January 2020
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A Fortunate Failure
I have always been a good student so I have always enjoyed school. My academic record has been consistently excellent and many people- myself included- believed that, that was all…
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16 January 2020
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Ghana and Togo mobilize to promote Family Planning and end the spread of HIV/AIDS
The West Africa Health Organization (WAHO) and its partners, including the Ghana Health Service, Ministries of Health in Ghana and Togo and the United Nations Population Fund …
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15 January 2020
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A little education could have saved the situation.
If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education- Jane Fonda (actress and…
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14 January 2020
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UNFPA bids farewell to inaugural YoLe cohort
The closure of applications for UNFPA Ghana’s innovative idea in 2018- the Youth Leaders Fellowship Programme (YoLe)- saw an innumerable number of hopeful applicants who were on…
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13 January 2020
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The current Generation march against all forms of sexual and gender-based violence
In the heart of Accra, scores of young people thronged the Osu Oxford Street to create awareness on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and Harmful Practices (HP). UNFPA Youth…
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