Ensuring rights and choices for all
News
When Stella, born with albinism, walked into a health centre for information on family planning, she was told instead to turn to celibacy.
Statement
As United Nations Secretary-General, he stood up for the rights, health and dignity of women and girls.
News
“He insulted my sister, then he slapped her across the face,” said Bissal*, a Syrian refugee.
News
When Halima was only 15, her husband said they were going on a fishing trip. Instead, he took her to a Boko Haram...
- Donate
With your donation, you help UNFPA in its mission to end maternal death, end unmet need for family planning, and end gender-based violence and harmful practices, including child marriage and female genital mutilation.
- Speak Out
Raise your voice in support of women and girls. Join us on social media and spread the word that reproductive rights are human rights, no woman should die while giving life, and gender-based violence must end once and for all.
- Work with Us
Join our dynamic, creative, international workplace! UNFPA works in more than 150 countries, and every role helps advance our mission to protect and promote human rights. Here, you truly can make a difference.
Ending preventable maternal deathLearn more
News
Escalating violence in Hodeidah, Yemen, threatens the city’s estimated 90,000 pregnant women and girls.
News
By midnight, Khurshid, 35, was in serious trouble. Five months pregnant and bleeding heavily, she had passed out at...
Feature
There are 64,000 pregnant Rohingya women in Bangladesh, who urgently need vital maternal health care.
Ending unmet need for family planningLearn more
News
“I used to believe that jumping after sex prevented pregnancy,” said Phoebe Tamondong, 25, in Laguna Province, in the...
Feature
Around the world, people are resorting to dangerous, ineffective methods to prevent pregnancy – an indication of the
Video
On 13 May 1968, family planning was officially recognized as a human right at the International Conference on Human
Ending gender-based violence and harmful practicesLearn more
News
“These girls don’t go to the doctor regularly," said Huda, a UNFPA midwife. "Some probably give birth at home...
News
A new report from Eastern and Southern Africa links shame and misinformation around menstruation to gender...
Resources
How common is child marriage? How is child marriage connected to teen pregnancy?
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
Data Portal Dashboards
Events | Browse all events
18 September 2018
11 October 2018
17 October 2018
24 October 2018
News from the field & UNFPA offices
Legend
- News from the field
- HQ and Liaison Offices
- Regional Offices
- Sub-Regional Offices
- Field Offices
Pin
Malawi
Pin
Guinea-Bissau
Pin
Yemen
Pin
Moldova, Republic of
Pin
Lesotho
Pin
Botswana
Pin
Philippines
Pin
Bangladesh
Pin
Maldives
Pin
Peru
Pin
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Pin
Angola
Pin
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Pin
United States of America
Pin
Japan
Pin
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Regional Office Website:
East and Southern Africa
East and Southern Africa
Liaison Office Website:
Addis Ababa
Close
Addis Ababa
Pin
Uzbekistan
Pin
South Africa
Pin
Turkmenistan
Pin
Suriname
Pin
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Pin
South Sudan
Pin
São Tomé and Principe
Pin
Sierra Leone
Pin
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Regional Office Website:
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Close
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Pin
Tajikistan
Pin
Ukraine
Pin
Uruguay
Pin
Syrian Arab Republic
Pin
Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of
Pin
Tanzania, United Republic of
Pin
Mauritius
Pin
Madagascar
Pin
Nicaragua
Pin
Mozambique
Pin
Papua New Guinea
Pin
Russian Federation
Pin
Mauritania
Pin
Paraguay
Pin
Moldova, Republic of
Pin
State of Palestine
Pin
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Pin
Kazakhstan
Pin
Guinea-Bissau
Pin
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Regional Office Website:
East and Southern Africa
East and Southern Africa
Liaison Office Website:
Addis Ababa
Close
Addis Ababa
Pin
Georgia
Pin
Equatorial Guinea
Pin
Dominican Republic
Pin
El Salvador
Pin
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Pin
Japan
Pin
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Pin
Guatemala
Pin
Ecuador
Pin
Honduras
Pin
Kyrgyzstan
Pin
the Gambia
Pin
Colombia
Pin
Albania
Pin
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pin
Costa Rica
Pin
Armenia
Pin
Cabo Verde
Pin
the Comoros
Pin
Côte d'Ivoire
Pin
Azerbaijan
Pin
Central African Republic
Pin
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Pin
Belarus
Pin
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Pin
Congo, Republic of the
Pin
Argentina
Pin
Cameroon, Republic of
Pin
Burkina Faso
Pin
Turkey
Pin
Panama
Pin
Oman
Oman
Regional Office Website:
Arab States
Arab States
Sub-Regional Office Website:
Gulf Cooperation Council
Close
Gulf Cooperation Council
Pin
Fiji
Fiji
Regional Office Website:
Asia & the Pacific
Asia & the Pacific
Sub-Regional Office Website:
UNFPA Pacific Sub-Regional Office (PSRO)
Close
UNFPA Pacific Sub-Regional Office (PSRO)
Pin
Jamaica
Jamaica
Regional Office Website:
Latin America & the Caribbean
Latin America & the Caribbean
Sub-Regional Office Website:
Caribbean Subregional Office
Close
Caribbean Subregional Office
