UNFPA Costa Rica
Costa Rica has heavily invested in social services, but a quarter of its people are still poor. Social inequalities have increased, especially among women, youth, indigenous people, people of African descent and migrants in general. Despite declining birth rates, a large number of women still have unwanted pregnancies. UNFPA has provided assistance since 1984. Support is geared towards achieving universal access to sexual and reproductive health care, orienting reproductive health policy to young people, implementing the national gender equality policy, and bolstering measures to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.
Key results of Costa Rica in 2021
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Programme Activities
Costa Rica 2021 Programme Activities data
Utilization of sexual and reproductive health services
Every woman, adolescent and youth everywhere, especially those furthest behind, has utilized integrated sexual and reproductive health services and exercised reproductive rights, free of coercion, discrimination and violence
Total Spending:
$267,373
Implemented by:
UNFPA $267,373
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(100%)
Integrated sexual and reproductive health services
Strengthened capacities to provide high-quality, integrated information and services for family planning, comprehensive maternal health, sexually transmitted infections and HIV, as well as information and services that are responsive to emergencies and fragile contexts
Total Spending:
$18,243
Implemented by:
UNFPA $18,243
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(100)
Sexual and reproductive health polices for those furthest behind
Enhanced capacities to develop and implement policies, including financial protection mechanisms, that prioritize access to information and services for sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights for those furthest behind, including in humanitarian settings
Total Spending:
$249,130
Implemented by:
UNFPA $249,130
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(100)
Empowerment of young people
Every adolescent and youth, in particular adolescent girls, is empowered to have access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, in all contexts
Total Spending:
$29,639
Implemented by:
UNFPA $29,639
(100%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources
(100%)
Adolescents and youth policies
Policies and programmes in relevant sectors tackle the determinants of adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health, development and well-being
Total Spending:
$29,639
Implemented by:
UNFPA $29,639
(100%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources
(100)
Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls
Gender equality, the empowerment of all women and girls, and reproductive rights are advanced in development and humanitarian settings
Total Spending:
$183,110
Implemented by:
UNFPA $155,991
(85%)
NGO $27,120 (15%)
NGO $27,120 (15%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(43%)
Non-core Resources (57%)
Non-core Resources (57%)
Gender equality laws and policies
Strengthened policy, legal and accountability frameworks to advance gender equality and empower women and girls to exercise their reproductive rights and to be protected from violence and harmful practices
Total Spending:
$73,448
Implemented by:
UNFPA $73,448
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(100)
Gender and sociocultural norms
Strengthened civil society and community mobilization to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms affecting women and girls
Total Spending:
$57,957
Implemented by:
UNFPA $30,838
(53%)
NGO $27,120 (47%)
NGO $27,120 (47%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(0)
Non-core Resources (100)
Non-core Resources (100)
Prevention and addressing of gender-based violence
Increased multisectoral capacity to prevent and address gender-based violence using a continuum approach in all contexts, with a focus on advocacy, data, health and health systems, psychosocial support and coordination
Total Spending:
$51,705
Implemented by:
UNFPA $51,705
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(11)
Non-core Resources (89)
Non-core Resources (89)
Population and development
Everyone, everywhere, is counted, and accounted for, in the pursuit of sustainable development equality
Total Spending:
$151,482
Implemented by:
UNFPA $151,482
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(87%)
Non-core Resources (13%)
Non-core Resources (13%)
Population data systems
Improved national population data systems to map and address inequalities; to advance the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the commitments of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development; and to strengthen interventions in humanitarian crises
Total Spending:
$84,404
Implemented by:
UNFPA $84,404
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(77)
Non-core Resources (23)
Non-core Resources (23)
Demographic intelligence
Mainstreamed demographic intelligence to improve the responsiveness, targeting and impact of development policies, programmes and advocacy
Total Spending:
$67,078
Implemented by:
UNFPA $67,078
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(100)
