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“I was afraid for my life," Cecile* told UNFPA. Without sexual health education, she did not know how to protect herself from unintended pregnancy.
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The Government of the Republic of Kenya and the United Nations Population Fund today announced the convening of a high-...
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UNITED NATIONS, New York, 18 January 2019 — The Government of the Republic of Kenya and the United Nations Population...
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UNFPA’s mobile teams aid women who might otherwise be out of reach. “This was a completely new way for us of working,”...
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Ending preventable maternal deathLearn more
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The humanitarian crisis in Yemen has become the worst in the world.
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The twin disasters have killed more than 2,000 people and impacted some 1.5 million in the worst-hit areas, including...
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830 women die in childbirth each day. Most could have been saved. Find out how you can help UNFPA stop the clock.
Ending unmet need for family planningLearn more
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The extent to which couples and individuals have real choices about whether and when to have children has a direct...
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For midwife Peter Door, spreading awareness about family planning is key to empowering women.
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Around the world, people are resorting to dangerous, ineffective methods to prevent pregnancy – an indication of the
Ending gender-based violence and harmful practicesLearn more
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Meet the champions defending women's rights around the world each day.
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The vast majority of men in Ukraine believe in strict gender roles. Women are bearing the cost.
Publications
How to Transform a Social Norm is a reflection on Phase II (2014-2017) of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme...
UNFPA Transformative Results
END MATERNAL DEATH
Since 1990, maternal death has declined by 44 per cent. Still, some 830 women...Read more
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
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- UNFPA vision
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Assuming all the maternal deaths are preventable
END UNMET NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING
Family planning is central to women’s empowerment and sustainable...Read more
Unmet need for family planning
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- UNFPA vision
- Projection
Women with unmet need are those, aged 15-49, who are married or in a union and want to stop or delay childbearing but are not using any method of contraception
END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ALL HARMFUL PRACTICES
Violence against women and girls remains a global pandemic. One in...Read more
Ending Child Marriage
Per cent of girls married/in union before age 15
Per cent of girls married/in union after age 15 but before age 18
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- UNFPA vision
- SDG Target
- Actual
- UNFPA vision
- SDG Target
ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND HARMFUL PRACTICES
Violence against women and girls remains a global pandemic. One in...Read more
Global prevalence of female genital mutilation
- Actual
- UNFPA vision
- SDG Target
ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND HARMFUL PRACTICES
Violence against women and girls remains a global pandemic. One in...Read more
Prevalence of recent intimate partner violence
- UNFPA vision
- SDG Target
Per cent of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months
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