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Youth advocates for family planning break taboos in the Maldives

In a country where marriage is a requirement for access to family planning, young people are stepping up and speaking out.

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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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“I had no idea what was happening” – Menstrual health needs surge for refugees

Women and girls displaced by conflict face extraordinary hardships – not least of all, the effect of exile on their...

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Five things you didn’t know about disability and sexual violence

A global study from UNFPA reveals that girls and young women with disabilities face up to 10 times more gender-based...

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Ending preventable maternal deathLearn more

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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Reaching pregnant women cut off from care in the aftermath of Typhoon Ompong

Over 1.7 million people in the Philippines have been affected by the typhoon, including an estimated 52,500 pregnant...

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Join Ashley Judd and help save Rohingya mothers

There are 64,000 pregnant Rohingya women in Bangladesh, who urgently need vital maternal health care.

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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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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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Ending gender-based violence and harmful practicesLearn more

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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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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