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"Life or death is a political decision."
Poster of the International Parliamentarians' Conference, Bangkok, November 2002
"Life or death is a political decision", reads this poster from the International Parliamentarians' Conference in Ottawa, Canada. At the conference, elected representatives from 72 countries and territories pledged to save lives by striving to allocate up to 10 per cent of their nations' development budgets for population and reproductive health programmes. This poster asks if your government has made the same committment.
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"Three Ones" in Action
Where We are and Where We Go From Here
This document articulates the "Three Ones" principles for strengthening national AIDS responses at country level, achieving the most effective and efficient use of resources, and ensuring rapid action and results-based management. The three ones are: one agreed HIV/AIDS Action Framework that provides the basis for coordinating the work of all partners, one National AIDS Coordinating Authority, with a broad-based multisectoral mandate, and one agreed country-level Monitoring and Evaluation System.
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1,000,000,000 adolescents are about to enter their reproductive years
Poster for World Population Day 2003
More than 1 billion young people are between the ages of 15 and 24. They need supportive relationships and respect. In return, the world needs their active participation.
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2004 Campaign to End Fistula Annual Report
In 2003, UNFPA launched the Campaign to End Fistula in collaboration with a wide range of partners. The six sections of this report provide a comprehensive overview of the country and global level Campaign activities that occurred during the 2004 calendar year.
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24 Tips for Culturally Sensitive Programming
Guide to Working from Within
This booklet, a companion to the publication
Working from Within , colorfully presents 24 tips, one per page, for culturally sensitive programming, based on research carried out by UNFPA.
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A Holistic Approach to the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Female Genital Mutilation, also called female genital cutting, is a reproductive health and human rights concern, with devastating short and long term impacts on the lives of women and girls. The practice touches every aspect of the mandate of UNFPA, including reproductive health and rights, gender equality and women's empowerment as well as adolescent reproductive health.
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A Practical Approach to Gender-Based Violence
A Programme Guide for Health Care Providers and Managers
This publication contains practical steps needed to integrate measures on gender based violence into reproductive health facilities. It is also meant to help a wider range of readers to understand the connections between reproductive and sexual health and violence. While the Programme Guide is targeting primarily health service providers, it can also be used as a reference guide for advocacy purposes or to undertake other activities in this area.
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A Review of Progress in Maternal Health in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The report summarizes progress achieved in maternal health in 20 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It provides country-specific information that can help individual countries and the region a whole to analyse and promote dialogue about national priorities for maternal health. It can also serve as a reference for planning and programming maternal health interventions.
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Achieving the ICPD Goals
Reproductive Health Commodity Requirements 2000-2015
This report attempts to assess what it would take to meet the goal of universal access to Reproductive Health commodities. It estimates what would be required to scale up commodity provision from current levels to universal coverage by the year 2015.
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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
Population and Reproductive Health as Critical Determinants -- Population and Development Strategies #10
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), arising from the Millennium Summit in September 2000, are the overarching development objectives of the international community. The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) goal of universal access to quality reproductive health services by 2015 is not one of the MDGs. Yet as this publication demonstrates, it is essential for meeting the MDGs.
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