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  • Family Planning in Kenya: Not For Women Only

    01 July 2009

    KISUMU, Kenya — In a makeshift room inside an unfinished building in the Manyatta slums in the Western Kenyan city of Kisumu, the neighbourhood’s men regularly congregate to discuss community matters, usually in the presence of the area chief.

  • The Unfinished Agenda of Family Planning

    30 June 2009

    UNITED NATIONS — Funding for and attention to family planning has been declining for the past decade. At the same time, 200 million women still lack access to contraception, the largest youth generation ever is coming into its prime reproductive years and the women in poorest and least developed countries have the highest unmet need for family planning.

  • Family Planning and Reproductive Health Have Fallen Off Global Development Radar ― World Bank, UNFPA

    30 June 2009

    WASHINGTON—On the eve of the 20th anniversary of World Population Day, the World Bank and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warned that family planning and other reproductive health programmes vital to poor women had fallen off the development radar of many low-income and donor country governments and international aid agencies.

Seven Guidance Briefs

Tools to Help Youth Tackle HIV

These seven short booklets will help UN agencies and their partners speak with one voice about approaches that have been shown to help young people arm themselves against HIV in their communities, schools and workplaces.

Annual Report

UNFPA Achievements of 2008

Addressing Gender-based Violence This year's report highlights examples of UNFPA's work around the world. It also documents project expenditures and income for 2008.

Ongoing Campaign

Ongoing Campaign

Events

30 June - 2 July 2009, New York
Expert Group meeting on "Reducing Inequities: Ensuring Universal Access to Family Planning"

11 July 2009
World Population Day

20 July - 22 July 2009
Technical Consultation on the Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

2 September - 4 September 2009
 ICPD at 15 Global NGO Forum

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2009 Report on the Health MDGs

Leading by Example
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The report highlights recent advances in reducing maternal and infant mortality and suggests ways to overcome threats to further progress from global economic crisis.

New Web Section

Population Dynamics and Climate Change
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UNFPA has created a  repository for recent research and advocacy materials to foster understanding of links between population dynamics and climate change.

Audio press conference

Crisis in Family Planning
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Hear three experts discuss family planning in a teleconference held in conjunction with the technical consultation.

MORE at video.unfpa.org

Delivery in the Andes

Considering the cultural dimension in reproductive health.
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5:43 min. Posted 2009
Outcasts No More

For 20 years, Basbebe was an outcast within her home. Now her humiliating isolation has ended thanks to a determined doctor and a new programme supported by UNFPA.

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4:47 min. Posted 2009
Ecuador: Making Birth Choices

Ecuador passed a law giving women free maternal health care, but the challenge is getting some women to accept it.

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3:03 min. Posted 2009
Supporting Pakistan's Earthquake Survivors

After the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, many women had better access to reproductive health care than before the disaster.

MORE at video.unfpa.org