Ensuring rights and choices for all

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State of World Population 2019

The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development reached a consensus on the links between women’s empowerment, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and sustainable development.

News

Digital revolution comes to Viet Nam census

At the start of April, more than 122,000 people fanned out across Viet Nam, pursuing information about every single...

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Vast numbers of women lack decision-making power over their own bodies, says UNFPA flagship report

Across 51 countries, only 57 per cent of women who are married or in a relationship are able to make their own choices...

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Conference

Nairobi Summit

From 12-14 November, UNFPA and the Government of Kenya are convening the Nairobi Summit, a high-level conference to...

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Reproductive rights take centre stage at London Fashion Week

Irish designer Natalie B Coleman’s collection Sisters highlights women's reproductive health and rights.

The path forward will not be easy, says Tadelech Ermias, who bravely refused to undergo FGM. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw

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“We are working against all odds”: Despite progress, FGM and child marriage numbers cause alarm

“We’re needing to speed up,” said UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem at a high-level event.

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Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA's Executive Director, met with community role models in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Kenya. © UNFPA

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Leaders call for securing sexual and reproductive health and rights in Kenya’s largest slum

“When sleeping women awake, mountains move,” said Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA’s Executive Director, quoting a Kenyan...

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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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