Ensuring reproductive rights for all

Publications

UNFPA Annual Report 2017

Year on year, millions of women and adolescents in 155 countries and territories have been progressively able to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

News

Reaching “forgotten” Rohingya in Myanmar cut off from basic maternal care

Health volunteers, clean delivery kits and mobile clinics help Rohingya women in Rakhine State deliver their babies...

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News

Period shame, misinformation linked to serious human rights concerns

A new report from Eastern and Southern Africa links shame and misinformation around menstruation to gender...

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Fistula camp helps women and girls in Sierra Leone regain their dignity

With free, holistic treatment, fistula survivors overcome stigma, heal their bodies and rebuild their lives.

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Ending preventable maternal deathLearn more

Margret Rambiki lived with obstetric fistula for 13 years. Finally, her mother learned how she could get relief. © UNFPA Malawi/Henry Chimbali

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Child bride and fistula survivor becomes an advocate for change

Fistula is one of the most serious and tragic childbirth injuries, and it is almost entirely preventable.

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Um Qassem continued her work as a midwife, even as ISIL fighters took over the hospital. © UNFPA Iraq

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Midwife describes working under ISIL, taking a dangerous stand for women

“I knew that I was risking my life," Um Qassem told UNFPA.

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Feature

First moments: A celebration of motherhood

This May, we celebrate those who give the gift of life: mothers and midwives

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Ending unmet need for family planningLearn more

Hannah Gumaro chose to receive a contraceptive implant at a UNFPA-supported family planning session. © UNFPA Philippines/Mario Villamor

News

Expanding family planning choices for women in the Philippines

Access to a wide range of contraceptive options is critical to fulfilling the human right to family planning.

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Video

Family planning at 50

On 13 May 1968, family planning was officially recognized as a human right at the International Conference on Human

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Women learn about family planning at a clinic in Tunisia in 1987. The right to plan one's family has been a game-changer for women. © UN Photo/John Isaac

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Fifty years ago, it became official: Family planning is a human right

On 13 May, 1968, the world declared family planning to be a basic human right. But 50 years later, this right is under...

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Ending gender-based violence and harmful practicesLearn more

Children run towards the sprawl of Domiz 1 camp in northeastern Iraq, where UNFPA-supported women’s and youth centres provide support and care for Syrian refugees. © UNHCR/B. Sokol/November 2012

News

Finding a way out of child marriage and towards a vocation

At a women's centre in Iraq, a Syrian refugee gains the support she needs to avoid marriage, and the skills and...

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Fatima now works as a health mediator at a UNFPA-supported safe space, helping other women and girls. © UNFPA Turkey

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In Turkey, a safe haven for Syrian refugee survivors

Fatima endured brutal domestic violence, and she gave birth alone as war raged outside. But now she has a new life, and...

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Resources

Child marriage - Frequently Asked Questions

How common is child marriage? How is child marriage connected to teen pregnancy?

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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

Actual
UNFPA vision
SDG Target

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

Actual
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

Actual
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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