mer., 19 juin 2013 15:03:23 +0000 mer., 19 juin 2013 15:03:23 +0000 http://www.unfpa.org UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA – because everyone counts. en-us serrano@unfpa.org (Alvaro Serrano) gruber@unfpa.org (Kimberly Gruber) http://www.unfpa.org/images/unfpalogoxs.gif http://www.unfpa.org 80 36 The world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14404;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 The world has surpassed the 7 billion mark and is projected to grow to over 9 billion by 2043. The challenge of the century is to solve the problem of meeting the increasing needs and expectations of a growing population while at the same time modifying the current production and consumption patterns to achieve a more sustainable development model and address the links between development and rapid population change.   http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14400;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 AFAR REGION, Ethiopia — Ten-year-old Sadiya Abubakar had suffered for a long time. What should be a natural regular function – urination– had become an ordeal for her. Sadiya was infibulated when she was just seven days old. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14358;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 More than 450,000 refugees have crossed the borders from Syria into Lebanon as of the end of April 2013, according to estimates by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. These refugees — almost 80 per cent of whom are women and children — are taxing the resources of more than 1,000 host villages where they are staying. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14372;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 UNITED NATIONS, New York — The current world population of 7.2 billion is projected to increase by 1 billion over the next 12 years and reach 9.6 billion by 2050, according to a United Nations report launched today, which points out that growth will be mainly in developing countries, with more than half in Africa. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14247;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 LONDON — U.N. agencies have called for the prosecution of an Egyptian doctor after a 13-year-old girl died while undergoing female genital mutilation/cutting at a private clinic. Egypt banned FGM/C in 2008 but it is still widely practised there, sometimes by traditional cutters but also by medical staff operating in secret. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14347;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 In his statement to the Executive Board, Dr. Osotimehin laid out the priorities for UNFPA in the year ahead. Topics discussed in his statment include the ICPD beyond 2014 and MDG post 2015 process, UNFPA's Strategic Plan 2014-2017, the integrated budget including cost recovery, thematic areas such as family planning, adolescents and youth, the gir child, ageing, humanitarian response and staff security. Other areas on the board agenda include evaluation, and audit recommendations. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14246;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 In this blog for the Huffington Post, the UNFPA Executive Director sketches out the grim, everyday reality faced by 200 million women living with obstetric fistula. "We cannot allow this grave injustice to continue," he concludes. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14244;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 NEW YORK — UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin yesterday presented the Fund’s 2012 Annual Report: Promises to Keep, to its Executive Board. The title refers to the 26 overarching commitments UNFPA made in 2012 to become more effective, to focus on its core mandate, to prepare for emerging challenges and to make a real difference in the lives of individual women and young people in developing countries. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14401;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 YOKOHAMA, Japan — Health improvements and a healthy workforce underpin social and economic growth. That was one of the messages of the Yokohama Declaration and Action Plan for 2013-2017, issued at the end of the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) held here last week. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14240;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 DAMASCUS--- Sitting in her bed at the intensive care unit of the Obstetric University Hospital, Dania Kadra considers herself lucky to be alive and to have safely delivered her baby boy.  In December 2012, a missile slammed into the house of the pregnant 40-year old mother of three killing her husband and forcing her and her three children, parents and siblings to move from their rural home to a rented apartment in a suburb of Damascus. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14194;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 KUALA LUMPUR - Women Deliver 2013 ended in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday with a pledge by participating government Ministers to ensure that sexual and reproductive health is central to the post-2015 development agenda.  Adopting a Call to Action at the end of a forum on “Meeting Our Commitments for Family Planning,” the Ministers said they would hold themselves accountable for achieving universal access to family planning, and would work to eliminate barriers to service delivery and commodities, especially for youth and vulnerable populations. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14186;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 UNITED NATIONS, New York—Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director of UNFPA, warmly welcomed the report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda that was presented today to the United Nations Secretary-General.  http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14233;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 KUALA LUMPUR--Women's place in the global development agenda took centre stage on the final day of the Women Deliver conference.  Sexual and reproductive health, gender equality and women's empowerment need to occupy a principal spot in the new framework that will succeed the Millennium Development Goals after 2015, keynote speakers emphasized. http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14237;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 ZA’ATARI CAMP - When aid workers with the UNFPA speak to women inside Syria - many of them displaced from their homes and living in cramped collective shelters - they say they would rather do anything than get pregnant.  “No one wants to be pregnant in the shelters… That’s universal wherever we go,” said Laila Baker, UNFPA representative in Syria.  “There is no place to take care of the baby and it’s another mouth to feed.” http://www.unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/news/pid/14232;jsessionid=C307145B13F9F97938B5DC53765259ED.jahia01 KUALA LUMPUR—A new level of partnership that will bring a significant boost in investment to family planning services in 13 countries, with a focus on vulnerable groups, particularly in areas affected by natural disasters and conflict, was launched by UNFPA and the International Planned Parenthood Federation today at Women Deliver.