UNFPA 2007 Annual Report The UNFPA Annual Report 2007 highlights UNFPA's support to 159 developing and transition countries and territories in their efforts to empower women and men to make the choices necessary to better their lives, improve reproductive and sexual health, reduce maternal death, promote HIV prevention, address unmet needs for family planning, advance effective population policies and alleviate poverty.

Financing the ICPD Programme of Action (2007) Data for 2005 and Estimates for 2006/2007 This brochure provides a brief overview of where the international community stands in terms of financing ICPD after Cairo. It answers such questions as: Why fund population activities? What will it take to achieve the ICPD objectives? Where are we now? Who funds population activities? Where is the money going? Which countries benefit most from assistance? How much are countries mobilizing themselves? How much do we need in the years ahead? The brochure can be used to advocate for the mobilization of resources necessary to implement the Cairo agenda.

Prevention is for Life HIV/AIDS: Dispatches from the Field This advocacy booklet uses real-life examples to explain how HIV prevention can save lives in diverse cultural and geographical settings. It includes chapters on youth and HIV, condom programming, protecting women and girls, linking HIV prevention with other sexual and reproductive health care, and empowering populations who are at particular risk. It also features stories and stunning photography from Belize, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan.

Special Youth Programme Report This report aims to create awareness among policy and decision makers, programmers and the general public on UNFPA's Special Youth Programme, a global youth-adult partnership initiative that recruits young people from developing countries to join the Fund for a nine-month remunerated fellowship. The assignment includes work both in its Headquarters in New York and its Country Offices around the world, with the purpose of building young people's capacities in the areas of UNFPA's mandate.

Conflict Resolution, Communication Skills and Organizational Management A Capacity-building Workshop for Iraqi Women Leaders (Istanbul, Turkey, 11-15 June 2007) This report documents a workshop to train Iraqi women leaders in tools and procedures to enhance their effectiveness and that of their organizations. UNFPA has long recognized the distinct experience of women in conflict and post-conflict settings and has developed a strategy for gender mainstreaming in such situations. The workshop trained leaders of Iraqi NGOs in the skills to participate in rehabilitation and peace processes.

Eliminating Female genital mutilation An interagency statement This Statement is a call to all States, international and national organizations, civil society and communities to uphold the rights of girls and women. It also calls on those bodies and communities to develop, strengthen, and support specific and concrete actions directed towards ending female genital mutilation.

Linking Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Gateways to Integration: A Case Study From Haiti The process of linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS needs to work in both directions: traditional sexual and reproductive health services need to integrate HIV/AIDS interventions, and programmes set up to address the AIDS epidemic need to integrate more general services for sexual and reproductive health. The case studies featured in this series have been chosen to demonstrate this two-way flow and to reflect the diversity of integration models. While these case studies focus primarily on service delivery components, structures, systems and policy issues are also important elements of successful integration.

Linking Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Gateways to Integration: A Case Study From Kenya The process of linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS needs to work in both directions: traditional sexual and reproductive health services need to integrate HIV/AIDS interventions, and programmes set up to address the AIDS epidemic need to integrate more general services for sexual and reproductive health. The case studies featured in this series have been chosen to demonstrate this two-way flow and to reflect the diversity of integration models. While these case studies focus primarily on service delivery components, structures, systems and policy issues are also important elements of successful integration.

Putting Young People Into National Poverty Reduction Strategies A Guide to Statistics on Young People in Poverty Many national poverty reduction strategies overlook the needs of young people. Even where national strategies do have a youth focus, the analysis of their situation is limitedbecause little or no reference is made to readily available data. For those advocating on behalf of young people in poverty, considerable scope exists to make use of simple but reputable statistics to mount a strong case for Governments and civil society to allocate more resources for addressing poverty among this major population group.

Thematic Fund for Maternal Health Accelerating Progess Towards Millenium Development Goal 5 This paper provides an overview of the Thematic Fund for Maternal Health initiated by UNFPA. The aim of the Fund is to raise nearly $500 million to save the lives of women who experience complications during pregnancy and childbirth.

UNFPA Emerging Issues: Mental, Sexual and Reproductive Health Although the international community has pledged to address mental health problems related to sexual and reproductive health, too many women and men still suffer their deleterious effects. For example, 20-30% or more women experience depression during pregnancy or after childbirth in developing countries. Mental health should be addressed routinely as part of sexual and reproductive health services.

Investing in Midwives and Others with Midwifery Skills Saving the Lives of Mothers and Newborns and Improving their Health This guidance note is designed for countries seeking to scale up midwifery services, especially at the community level. It is part of a UNFPA-ICM (International Confederation of Midwives) Joint Initiative to support the call for a Decade of Action for Human Resources for Health made at World Health Assembly in 2006. This note outlines in detail the action required by policy-makers and programme managers to effect change at country level and scale up midwifery capacity, specifically in poor and hard-to-reach areas. Technical guidelines for operationalizing the guidance note to come.

UNFPA 2006 Annual Report The UNFPA Annual Report 2006 highlights UNFPA’s efforts throughout the year assisting 154 developing and transition countries and territories to empower women and men to make the choices necessary to improve their lives, improve reproductive and sexual health, reduce maternal death, promote HIV prevention, address unmet needs for family planning, advance effective population policies and alleviate poverty.

Will You Listen? Young Voices from Conflict Zones The voices of young people from Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Colombia, Haiti, Iraq, Liberia, Nepal, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and many other countries affected by war have been brought together in this unique report.

Growing Up Urban State of World Population 2007: Youth Supplement This is the second edition of the Youth Supplement to UNFPA’s State of World Population. The 2007 report focuses on urbanization; the Youth Supplement addresses the challenges and promises of urbanization as they affect young people. In 2008, for the first time, more than half of the world’s population will live in urban areas, and the number and proportion of urban young people is increasing dramatically. Most will be born into poor families, where fertility tends to be higher.

State of World Population 2007 Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth In 2008, for the first time, more than half of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. By 2030, towns and cities will be home to almost 5 billion people. The urban population of Africa and Asia will double in less than a generation. This unprecedented shift could enhance development and promote sustainability—or it could deepen poverty and accelerate environmental degradation. The 2007 State of World Population report outlines the challenges and opportunities presented by the coming, inevitable urban growth. It also dispels many misconceptions about urbanization and calls on policymakers to take concerted, proactive steps to harness the potential of cities to improve the lives of all.

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. This booklet describes the holistic approach that UNFPA utilizes - such legal and policy reform, national capacity building and working at the community level - towards its FGM/C abandonment programmes while giving a small sampling of the organization's country level experiences.

Cairo to 2015: The Road to Success 2006 Global Survey Women's empowerment, HIV/AIDS, and reproductive health and rights are at the top of global parliamentarians list of priorities according to this report, which summarizes the findings of a global survey of parliamentarians undertaken in 2006. In total 322 parliamentarians took part, including respondents from the European Parliament as well as 85 developing and 18 donor countries. UNFPA collaborated with the Harvard School of Public Health and the four regional parliamentary groups on Population and Development to compile the survey. It documents the important progress parliamentarians have made since the ICPD, highlights the obstacles that must be conquered, and provides a clearer picture of the road ahead.

Challenges and Good Practices In Support of Women in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations Security Council Resolution 1325 This report summarizes views on assisting displaced women in conflict and post-conflict situations as presented at the UNFPA Expert Meeting in Tunisia. The first goal of the meeting was to bridge the gap between knowledge and policies regarding women's protection needs -- or gender-specific protection issues. The second goal was to identify specific means for the integration of emergency-related programming into the mainstream of UNFPA work.

Change, Choice and Power: Young Women, Livelihoods and HIV Prevention The urgency of addressing the vulnerability of young women and adolescent girls of all backgrounds, but particularly the poor, cannot be over stated. Innovative, far-reaching and rapid responses are needed to impact whole generations so that the Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty can be within reach. This paper sets out to explore the relationship between economic independence, vulnerability to HIV infection, the level of sexual and reproductive health among women and adolescent girls, and gender-based violence.

Community Pathways To Improved Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health A Conceptual Framework and Suggested Outcome Indicators This working paper, based on the work of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Community Involvement in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, presents a framework that links community involvement interventions to desired adolescent health outcomes. The publication includes a set of social change indicators as well as several case studies that evaluate relevant programming.

Delivering on the Promise of Equality UNFPA's Strategic Framework for Gender Mainstreaming and Women's Empowerment 2008-2011 UNFPA's Strategic Framework for Gender Mainstreaming and Women's Empowerment 2008-2011 articulates a corporate strategy for working with Governments and partners in promoting gender equality. At a time when the global community is increasingly focused on poverty reduction and broader national development goals, the Framework outlines UNFPA's policy and programme priorities for the empowerment of women and girls and for incorporating a gender perspective across its mandate, in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, and population and development.

Donor Support for Contraceptives and Condoms for STI/HIV Prevention 2007 This report, which is prepared on an annual basis, provides a detailed look at the contraceptive supplies provided by donors. Based on data collected by UNFPA's Commodity Management Branch since 1990, the report presents information on the type, quantity and total cost of contraceptives donors have been supplying to reproductive to health programmes in developing countries over the years.

Ending Violence Against Women Programming for Prevention, Protection and Care This handbook, intended primarily for development practitioners, provides practical points to consider when designing and implementing projects addressing violence against women. It is a collection of good practices drawn from ten case studies described in a complementary volume Programming to Address Violence Against Women. The approaches are based on an appreciation of culture and the role it plays in this issue.

Engaging Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention: A Training Manual for Programme Managers UNFPA has embarked on a number of joint initiatives with faith-based organizations to address the spread of HIV and to fight the stigma often directed towards people living with the virus. The Fund's engagement, dialogue and partnership with faith-based organizations have yielded results that have been mutually beneficial to UNFPA and religious institutions' and, most important, have improved the lives of the people they serve.

Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers Evidence-based guidance developed through worldwide collaboration This handbook, one of the World Health Organization's Family Planning Cornerstones, provides evidence-based guidance developed through worldwide collaboration. It offers clinic-based health care professionals in developing countries the latest guidance on providing with the full range of contraceptive methods.

Framework for Action on Adolescents and Youth Opening Doors with Young People: 4 Keys UNFPA’s Framework for Action on Adolescents and Youth articulates a corporate strategy for working with Governments and partners in promoting the comprehensive development of young people worldwide. At a time when the global community is increasingly focused on poverty reduction and broader national development goals, the Framework outlines UNFPA’s policy and programme priorities on young people and its contributions with others to the development agenda.

Giving Girls Today and Tomorrow: Breaking the Cycle of Adolescent Pregnancy Pregnancy- and childbirth-related complications are the number-one killers of 15-19 year old girls worldwide. This report highlights the issue of adolescent pregnancy among married and unmarried adolescent girls (10-19 year olds), especially those living in poverty. It draws attention to current trends, as well as the social, economic, and health consequences of adolescent pregnancy not only for the girls themselves, but for their families and countries. The publication argues for strategic investments in the health, education, and livelihoods of adolescent girls to empower them to avoid the trap of becoming mothers while still children. It also examines how targeted investments will improve the prospects for pregnant girls and young mothers.

Guidance on Global Scale-Up of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Towards universal access for women, infants and young children and eliminating HIV and AIDS among children This publication was developed by the Interagency Task Team on Prevention of HIV Transmission in Pregnant Women, Mothers and their Children in response to the slow overall progress to scale up prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in resource-constrained settings. It provides a framework for concerted partnerships and guidance to countries on specific actions to accelerate this scale-up. The implementation of recommended actions can reinforce some recent encouraging trends in the coverage of national programmes.

Human Rights-Based Programming What It Is / How to Do It This two-in-one handbook can help you turn the concept of a 'human rights-based approach' into reality on the ground. It breaks down human rights-based approach into its various components, and provides a checklist for development practitioners to use in implementing and evaluating their programmes.

Living Testimony: Obstetric Fistula and Inequities in Maternal Health This advocacy booklet, produced by UNFPA and Family Care International (FCI), highlights social, cultural, and economic dimensions of obstetric fistula by presenting key findings of country-level needs assessments conducted in 29 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Arab States from 2003 to 2006.

Make It Matter 10 Key Advocacy Messages to Prevent HIV in Girls and Young Women The aim of this guide is to equip its users with key messages, evidence and actions that can be used to advocate effectively to prevent HIV in girls and young women. It focuses on three goals that the global community increasingly recognizes as important components of the response to the epidemic: improving the accessibility of sexual and reproductive health services for girls and young women; expanding socio-economic opportunities; and ending child marriage. In turn, collectively the goals are divided into a total of 10 key messages.

Maternal Mortality Update 2006 Expectation and Delivery: Investing in Midwives and Others with Midwifery Skills Since 1998, the Maternal Mortality Update, a biennial publication of UNFPA, has documented strategies, partnerships and projects for reducing maternal mortality and morbidity in the developing world. This issue focuses on the key staff responsible for maternal health care: midwives and others with midwifery skills, or MOMS. It was prepared in collaboration with the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM).

Maternal Mortality in 2005 Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, and The World Bank This document reports the global, regional, and country estimates of maternal mortality in 2005, and the findings of the separate assessments of trends of maternal mortality levels since 1990. It summarizes the challenges involved in measuring maternal mortality and the main approaches to measurement, and explains the development of the 2005 maternal mortality estimates and the interpretation of the results.

Millennium Development Goals Report The Millennium Declaration set 2015 as the target date for achieving most of the goals associated with it. This report, issued midway through the 15-year period for accomplishment of the Millennium Development Goals, presents the most comprehensive global assessment of progress to date, based on a set of data prepared by a large number of international organizations within and outside the United Nations system, including UNFPA.

Myths, Misperceptions and Fears Addressing Condom Use Barriers The purpose of the booklet is to provide factual information that can be used to foster a positive attitude towards condom use. The message is kept simple and focused on responding to common, reoccurring myths, misperceptions, and fears related to condoms and condom use. It provides accurate evidence-based information to support the fact that consistent use of male or female condoms is highly effective at preventing unintended pregnancy, the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

Programming to Address Violence Against Women: Ten Case Studies This volume documents UNFPA's experience addressing many forms of violence against women. Intended primarily for development practitioners and others seeking to change attitudes and practices, it offers lessons that can help scale up responses. Projects in Bangladesh, Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Romania, Sierra Leone and Turkey are discussed.

Sexual and Reproductive Health of Persons with Disabilities About 10 per cent of the world's population, some 650 million people, live with a disability. About 80 per cent of persons with disabilities live in developing countries, most without social systems to support them, and their sexual and reproductive health needs and rights are often overlooked.

Strengthening Evaluation for Improved Programming: UNFPA Evaluation Quality Assessment Evaluation Report Number 21 In 2005, UNFPA conducted its first-ever evaluation quality asseessment (EQA). The assessment examined quality in 60 UNFPA evaluations making use of recognized international best practice criteria. The assessment also included 6 in-depth best practice case studies from different regions of the world.

The Dynamics of Honour Killings in Turkey: Prospects for Action This report summarizes and evaluates qualitative research about so-called 'honour killings'. It focused the different perceptions of honour and the consequences faced by people engaged in 'dishonourable conduct.' It also analyzes the way the concept of dishonour is related to social structures, lifestyles and mental constructs. The information is derived from interviews and group discussions conducted in four Turkish cities with relatively high numbers of such murders. The report includes proposals for solutions to the problem and suggestions for action.

Women's Economic Empowerment: Meeting the Needs of Impoverished Women Many studies have recognized the importance of improving the status of impoverished women. This workshop report describes a number of approaches used to date to empower women economically, including microcredit. The report includes a review of the literature on women's economic empowerment and a summary of presentations from the workshop.

Women, Ageing and Health: A Framework for Action Focus on Gender This Framework for Action addresses the health status and factors that influence women's health at midlife and older ages with a focus on gender. It provides guidance on how policy-makers, practitioners, nongovernmental organizations and civil society can improve the health and wellbeing of ageing women by simultaneously applying both a gender and an ageing lens in their policies, programmes and practices, as well as in research.

Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS This Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS represents a consensus of Heads of State and Government and leaders from all parts of the world at the end of the General Assembly’s High-Level review on AIDS in June 2006. The 53-paragraph document commits them to pursuing all necessary efforts to scale up national responses to achieve universal access to comprehensive prevention programmes, treatment, care and support in slightly more than forty months.

Moving Young State of World Population 2006: Youth Supplement This report explores the lives of young women and young men who have ventured into new lands to chase their dreams or to escape oppression, war, poverty or misfortune. It profiles the lives of young women and men from ten countries – Burkina Faso, Colombia, India, Kenya, Liberia, Moldova, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Suriname and Zambia. Some have never migrated, but their lives are marked by the experiences of spouses or relatives who have moved abroad. They were interviewed by journalists Martin Caparros and Shyamala Shiveshwarkar in their countries of origin or destination.

State of World Population 2006 A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration Today, half of all international migrants—95 million—are women and girls. Yet, despite substantial contributions to both their families at home and communities abroad, the needs of migrant women continue to be overlooked and ignored. The State of World Population 2006 report, A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration, examines the scope and breadth of female migration, the impact of the funds they send home to support families and communities, and their disproportionate vulnerability to trafficking, exploitation and abuse. The report reveals that although migrant women contribute billions of dollars in cash and services, policymakers continue to disregard both their contributions and their vulnerability—even though female migrants tend to send a much higher proportion of their lower earnings back home than their male counterparts.

Empowering Young Women to Lead Change A Training Manual This easy-to-follow resource manual can help young women prepare and facilitate training sessions on a host of issues that are important to them. A joint publication of the World YWCA and UNFPA, the manual was developed by young women. It contains modules on young women's leadership, economic justice, HIV and AIDS, human rights, peace, self esteem and body image, sexual and reproductive health and violence against women.

Ending Child Marriage: A Guide for Global Policy Action Tackling child marriage is a daunting but possible task, requiring political will and proactive multi-faceted strategies at the international, national and community levels. Ending Child Marriage: A Guide for Global Policy Action is part of a wider advocacy strategy to raise awareness on child marriage and its effects on communities.

Female Condom: A Powerful Tool for Protection Although the female condom has been on the market for more than ten years, the supply and adoption of this device, which protects against both pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, is still too low to have an impact on the AIDS epidemic. This publication, a follow up to the 2005 Global Consultation on the Female Condom, answers key questions about the female condom. It presents evidence about its effectiveness and impact, identifies challenges to wider use and suggests steps to strengthen condom programming worldwide.

Female Migrants: Bridging the Gaps Throughout the Life Cycle Selected Papers of the UNFPA-IOM Expert Group Meeting, New York, 2-3 May 2006 Women make up nearly half of all migrants, an estimated 95 million of 191 million people living outside their countries of origin in 2005. Migration can be beneficial, both for women and for the countries which send and receive them. However, comparing to men, women have fewer opportunities for legal migration and are more vulnerable to violence and exploitation, and their needs for health care and other services are less likely to be met. This publication is a compilation of technical reports by independent experts and representatives from governments, international agencies and NGOs, addressing the needs, challenges, opportunities and rights of female migrants.

Financial Resource Flows for Population Activities in 2004 This report is intended to be a tool for donor and developing country Governments, multilateral organizations and agencies, private foundations and NGOs to monitor progress in achieving the financial resource targets agreed to at the ICPD. Development cooperation officers and policy makers in developing countries can use the report to identify the domestically generated resources and complementary resources from donors needed to finance population and reproductive health programmes.

Financing the ICPD Programme of Action Data for 2004 Estimates for 2005/2006 Financing the ICPD Programme of Action: Data for 2004, Estimates for 2005/2006 provides a brief overview of where the international community stands in terms of financing ICPD twelve years after Cairo. The brochure can be used to advocate for the mobilization of resources necessary to implement the Cairo agenda.

Focusing on Gender An Assessment of Gender Integration in UNFPA Materials Produced Between 1997 and Early 2005 This report presents the findings of the evaluative inquiry carried out by the Division of Oversight Services in 2005 with the objectives to assess the quality, packaging and design of gender-related messages being communicated to UNFPA staff as well as the utility and utilization of these materials.

Gender Responsive Budgeting and Women’s Reproductive Rights: A Resource Pack This resource pack provides relevant knowledge to facilitate mainstreaming gender-responsive approaches into reproductive health programmes, and the inclusion of specific aspects of gender inequality and disadvantage into national policy frameworks. It focuses primarily on health, particularly reproductive health; on HIV/AIDS; and on violence against women as it relates to health services. The publication was produced under a UNFPA/UNIFEM strategic partnership aimed at developing a coordinated approach for effective technical assistance to gender-responsive budgeting (GRB).

Gender Responsive Budgeting in Practice: A Training Manual This training manual was produced under a UNFPA/UNIFEM strategic partnership aimed at developing a coordinated approach for effective technical assistance to gender-responsive budgeting (GRB). It is intended to build capacity in the application of gender budget analysis. The manual seeks to build understanding of GRB as a tool for promoting gender equity, accountability to women's rights, and efficiency and transparency in budget policies and processes.

Gender, Health and Development in the Americas Basic Indicators 2005 The brochure profiles gender differences in health and development in the 48 states and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on women's reproductive health, access to key health services, and major causes of death. Its objective is to raise awareness of gender inequities in the region and promote the use of sex-disaggregated health statistics in the development of targeted health and development policies and other initiatives.

Midwifery in the Community: Lessons Learned International forum on training and scaling-up midwives and others with midwifery skills This report documents experiences and lessons related to training and scaling-up the midwifery workforce. These lessons were shared at the First International Forum on Midwifery in the Community (Tunisia, 2006).

Scaling up the Capacity of Midwives to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity The report documents a March 2006 workshop to discuss the role of midwives in achieving MDG 5 (improving maternal health). The workshop, the first of its kind for UNFPA, brought together midwives from developing and industrialized countries with midwifery advisors and UNFPA staff and partners to discuss barriers to the development of a robust midwifery workforce. Although many of the barriers are well known, participants called attention to the underlying issue of gender inequality.

Culture in the Context of UNFPA Programming ICPD+10 Survey Results on Culture and Religion This publication provides an analysis of responses to questions on culture and religion in the ICPD+10 survey conducted in 165 countries in 2004, ten years after Cairo. It examines the impacts of culture on programming in four key areas: gender equity and equality, reproductive health and rights, adolescent reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS, with the objective of detecting regional trends that could help target interventions at the programming level.