Ensuring rights and choices for all

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The Nairobi Summit to Advance the ICPD Programme of Action

The Government of the Republic of Kenya and the United Nations Population Fund today announced the convening of a high-level conference to advance the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action.

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In Burundi, sexual health education helps youth protect themselves, their futures

“I was afraid for my life," Cecile* told UNFPA. Without sexual health education, she did not know how to protect...

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To tackle domestic violence, Ukraine looks to UNFPA’s mobile assistance teams

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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“Why me?” – Stigma, lack of information leave Myanmar youth in the dark on HIV

“If I had known about safe sex in my teens, my life would never have turned out this way,” said Sithu*, who is living...

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Looming famine threatens the lives of 2 million pregnant women and new mothers in Yemen

The humanitarian crisis in Yemen has become the worst in the world.

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Some 88,000 people have been displaced by the twin disasters in Indonesia's hardest-hit areas. Ibu Fariati and her family now share a tent with six other families. © UNFPA Indonesia/Stenly hely Sajow

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Earthquake and tsunami devastating for 45,000 pregnant women in Indonesia

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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Campaign

Safe Birth, Even Here

830 women die in childbirth each day. Most could have been saved. Find out how you can help UNFPA stop the clock.

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Ending unmet need for family planningLearn more

No country – regardless of income level or political system – has yet made reproductive rights a reality for all. © UNFPA/Egor Dubrovsky

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Five actions for choice

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 strengthening women's well-being and economic stability. Peter provides information on family planning to a mother in a Rumbek clinic. © UNFPA South Sudan

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A father's campaign for midwives in South Sudan

For midwife Peter Door, spreading awareness about family planning is key to empowering women.

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Feature

Unsafe, unreliable: Dangerous pregnancy-prevention methods

Around the world, people are resorting to dangerous, ineffective methods to prevent pregnancy – an indication of the

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Feature

16 CHAMPIONS FOR ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

Meet the champions defending women's rights around the world each day.

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The first-ever comprehensive study on men's gender views in Ukraine finds that one in ten men believe women should tolerate violence to keep their families intact. © UNFPA Ukraine / Maks Levin

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Men in Ukraine hold fast to gender norms, landmark study finds

The vast majority of men in Ukraine believe in strict gender roles. Women are bearing the cost.

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Publications

How to Transform a Social Norm

How to Transform a Social Norm is a reflection on Phase II (2014-2017) of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme...

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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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