Ensuring reproductive rights for all

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Over coffee, young people in the Maldives discuss sexual and reproductive health

Safe Space provides a venue to explore sensitive topics.

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Former child brides find brighter future at Turkey’s safe spaces

Two women speak of war, child marriage, domestic violence, displacement – and escape.

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Drama helps battle child marriage in Bosnia and Herzegovina

On the surface, child marriage seems to affect few girls, but dig a little deeper, and a pattern emerges among the most...

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Rural midwives help save mothers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Rural midwives are working to end preventable maternal deaths.

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Lena Towai with her newborn son. They have been living at a displacement camp in East Pokot County since August 2017. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo

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Delivering into chaos: Gunfire, arson and childbirth in rural Kenya

Under armed attack, Lena Towai fled into the wilderness and gave birth in the dark – assisted only by a neighbour with...

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A UNFPA-supported mobile team performs an ultrasound for a pregnant woman displaced from Afrin. © UNFPA Syria/Sufian Abdulmouty

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Perilous conditions for pregnant women displaced in northern Syria

A surge in violence in Syria’s northern Afrin region has triggered a mass displacement of the civilian population, with...

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Mount Mayon volcano erupted in January, affecting over 88,000 people. © OCHA/G. Arevalo

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Mayon volcano eruption displaces pregnant women and new mothers in Philippines

“I was washing clothes near my house when I heard the eruption from Mayon Volcano,” Jiassal Balatinsayo told UNFPA....

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“We really need more information on sex and reproductive health,” said Kathleen Acosta, 18, a senior and student leader at UP high school in Iloilo. © UNFPA Philippines

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In the Philippines, information key to halting teenage pregnancy

Universities are throwing their weight behind efforts to end teen pregnancy.

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Kyae Nai belongs to a new generation of women in Myanmar who are making active choices about the timing of their pregnancies. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming

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New generation of women saying: “Not yet”

Kyae Nai, 23, has been married for two years and has one young child, in north-western Myanmar. “I want another child...

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Dr. Hiba Al-Mallah gives family planning counselling to Syrian refugees. She says there are many misconceptions about contraception. © UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert

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Among Syrian refugees, dispelling myths about contraceptives

I don’t want more kids and I’m afraid to get pregnant,” said Fatima*, a 37-year-old Syrian refugee and mother of six,...

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Thousands of women in Piura remain affected by the floods. © UNFPA Peru/Angela Valverde

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One year later, flood-affected women in Peru struggle for protection and reproductive health care

Protection and reproductive health needs are still acute among flood-affected women and girls.

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“What I have had to go through, it has been terrible," said Antone, 50. Her husband and children were killed as they fled Kasai. © UNFPA Angola/Tiril Skarstein

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“The world needs to open their eyes”: Kasai survivors call for attention to crisis

“When they entered the village, they started to kill everybody, without exception,” Antone, a 50-year-old refugee, told...

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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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