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118-truck convoy delivers urgent aid to stranded residents in Rukban, Syria

UNFPA delivered critical supplies to a remote settlement in Rukban, where residents have been stranded in the desert for years.

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Surviving Ebola: “I was so afraid to die and be put in a body bag”

“I did not believe in the existence of Ebola," said Jémima Masika. Then she fell sick.

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Born complete

An estimated 68 million girls will be subjected to female genital mutilation by 2030 if we don't accelerate our...

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Respect for childbirth traditions saves lives in the Peruvian Andes

Rural health systems have embraced something they once ignored: folk traditions and practices.

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The Nairobi Summit to Advance the ICPD Programme of Action

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 18 January 2019 — The Government of the Republic of Kenya and the United Nations Population...

Event

Accelerating the promise: the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25

UNFPA and the Government of Kenya are convening a high-level conference to advance the implementation of the ICPD...

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In 1994, a revolution started – it's time we finish it

Millions of women and girls have yet to see these promises fulfilled.

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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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