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Malaysia’s Covid-19 recovery needs to centre on women and girls
Tomorrow, Malaysia marks six months of implementing the movement control order (MCO) which has recently been further extended to December 31, 2020 — and we at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)... Read more
Women and Children most vulnerable in Covid-19 Crisis
Women and children, especially those from low-income urban households, have been the most negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and need support urgently, a study by two United Nations bodies... Read more
UNFPA-Unicef study shows struggles of low-income families post-MCO
While eight in 10 urban poor children in Malaysia were able to study online during the initial stages of the country’s lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, only two out of five had... Read more
Donating 5,000 ‘dignity kits’ to refugees, migrant women and girls
Malaysia’s United Nations Agencies in collaboration with Malaysian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have distributed 5,000 “Dignity Kits” to underserved refugees and migrant women living in... Read more
Malaysia-based NGO help form Asia-Pacific network to end female genital mutilation
The United Nations population fund (UNFPA) estimate that by 2030, a further 15 million girls in Indonesia will be mutilated if efforts to end the... Read more
Malaysia’s Challenging Path To SDG 5 By 2030
UNFPA’s three commitments are zero preventable maternal deaths, zero unmet family planning needs, and zero gender-based violence, including female... Read more
Room To Improve Gender Equality in Malaysia
Malaysia still has room for improvement in the fight for gender quality and women’s empowerment even though the nation has had notable progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).... Read more
Religious Conservatism Affecting Women’s Health
At the launch of the UNFPA SWOP Report 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, rights advocates gathered to discuss the pressing issues derived from the report. What they found was that a rise of religious... Read more
In the struggle for reproductive rights and choices, there's one obstacle underlying all others
Address by Dr Annette Sachs Robertson, Deputy Regional Director UNFPA Asia-Pacific State of World Population 2019: Unfinished Business - The... Read more
Rural and Urban Activists Transforming Women's Lives
Across Asia-Pacific and globally, UNFPA works to achieve Three Transformational Results at the core of our Strategic Plan 2018-2021: Zero maternal... Read more