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Through effective policies and programmes, Egypt has made important progress in ensuring widespread access to reproductive health services and reducing maternal deaths. Challenges remain, such as stagnating contraceptive prevalence, female genital mutilation/cutting, and maternal mortality rates. Since 1972, UNFPA has helped the national family planning and population programme overcome initial opposition and become a success. Today, UNFPA supports continued improvements, advocating for integrating reproductive care in primary health services, with full respect for reproductive rights. Programmes also focus on improving maternal health and reducing gender-based violence.

Key results of Egypt in 2021 View more
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National plans against harmful practices

A costed national action plan to address harmful practices was developed
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Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

67
Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls
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Child, early and forced marriage

11,157
Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage
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Female genital mutilation

1,291,325
Girls and women received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to female genital mutilation
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Key humanitarian results 2021

Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49) reached with SRH services

Number of people reached with SRH/GBV information and awareness activities

Number of mobile clinics

Functional health facilities supported by UNFPA that provide Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC)

Number of safe spaces

Youth facilitators and volunteers trained on sexual and reproductive health

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Programme Activities

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    Egypt 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:
    $4,527,159
    Implemented by:
    GOV $834,377 (18%)
    NGO $520,862 (12%)
    UNFPA $3,168,920 (70%)
    UN $3,000 (0%)
    Funded by:
    Core Resources (10%)
    Non-core Resources (90%)
    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:
    $376,268
    Implemented by:
    UNFPA $325,378 (86%)
    UN $3,000 (1%)
    NGO $6,228 (2%)
    GOV $41,662 (11%)
    Funded by:
    Core Resources (30)
    Non-core Resources (70)
    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:
    $3,707,373
    Implemented by:
    UNFPA $2,843,542 (77%)
    NGO $460,813 (12%)
    GOV $403,018 (11%)
    Funded by:
    Core Resources (9)
    Non-core Resources (91)
    Accountability for sexual and reproductive health
    Improved domestic accountability mechanisms for sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights through the involvement of communities and health-system stakeholders at all levels
    Total Spending:
    $53,822
    Implemented by:
    NGO $53,822 (100%)
    Funded by:
    Non-core Resources (100)
    Health workforce capacity
    Strengthened capacities of the health workforce, especially those of midwives, in health management and clinical skills for high-quality and integrated sexual and reproductive health services, including in humanitarian settings
    Total Spending:
    $234,471
    Implemented by:
    GOV $234,471 (100%)
    Funded by:
    Non-core Resources (100)
    Delivery of sexual and reproductive health commodities
    Strengthened capacities to effectively forecast, procure, distribute and track the delivery of sexual and reproductive health commodities, ensuring resilient supply chains
    Total Spending:
    $155,226
    Implemented by:
    GOV $155,226 (100%)
    Funded by:
    Non-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:
    $1,629,995
    Implemented by:
    UNFPA $660,701 (41%)
    NGO $945,340 (58%)
    GOV $23,954 (1%)
    Funded by:
    Core Resources (15%)
    Non-core Resources (85%)
    Youth leadership and participation
    Young people have opportunities to exercise leadership and participate in sustainable development, humanitarian action and in sustaining peace
    Total Spending:
    $451,348
    Implemented by:
    UNFPA $436,956 (97%)
    NGO $14,392 (3%)
    Funded by:
    Core Resources (29)
    Non-core Resources (71)
    Adolescents and youth skills and capabilities
    Young people, in particular adolescent girls, have the skills and capabilities to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health and rights, and well-being
    Total Spending:
    $1,178,646
    Implemented by:
    UNFPA $223,744 (19%)
    NGO $930,948 (79%)
    GOV $23,954 (2%)
    Funded by:
    Core Resources (9)
    Non-core Resources (91)
    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:
    $7,126,886
    Implemented by:
    NGO $1,612,337 (23%)
    UNFPA $3,398,083 (48%)
    GOV $2,066,532 (29%)
    UN $49,935 (1%)
    Funded by:
    Core Resources (12%)
    Non-core Resources (88%)
    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:
    $1,057,913
    Implemented by:
    UNFPA $352,960 (33%)
    NGO $419,171 (40%)
    GOV $285,782 (27%)
    Funded by:
    Core Resources (42)
    Non-core Resources (58)
    Elimination of harmful practices
    Strengthened response to eliminate harmful practices, including child, early and forced marriage, female genital mutilation and son preference
    Total Spending:
    $2,050,480
    Implemented by:
    UNFPA $207,754 (10%)
    UN $49,935 (2%)
    NGO $1,015,656 (50%)
    GOV $777,135 (38%)
    Funded by:
    Core Resources (3)
    Non-core Resources (97)
    Gender and sociocultural norms
    Strengthened civil society and community mobilization to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms affecting women and girls
    Total Spending:
    $4,018,494
    Implemented by:
    UNFPA $2,837,369 (71%)
    NGO $177,510 (4%)
    GOV $1,003,615 (25%)
    Funded by:
    Core Resources (8)
    Non-core Resources (92)
    Population and development
    Everyone, everywhere, is counted, and accounted for, in the pursuit of sustainable development equality
    Total Spending:
    $88,394
    Implemented by:
    GOV $31,880 (36%)
    UN $10,000 (11%)
    UNFPA $46,514 (53%)
    Funded by:
    Core Resources (51%)
    Non-core Resources (49%)
    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:
    $86,638
    Implemented by:
    UNFPA $46,514 (54%)
    UN $10,000 (12%)
    GOV $30,124 (35%)
    Funded by:
    Core Resources (52)
    Non-core Resources (48)
    Demographic intelligence
    Mainstreamed demographic intelligence to improve the responsiveness, targeting and impact of development policies, programmes and advocacy
    Total Spending:
    $1,756
    Implemented by:
    GOV $1,756 (100%)
    Funded by:
    Non-core Resources (100)

    Programme Documentation

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    CPD Egypt [2023-2027] (DP/FPA/CPD/EGY/11)
    Cycle: 2023-2027
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    CPD Egypt [2018-2022] (DP/FPA/CPD/EGY/10)
    Cycle: 2018-2022
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    CPAP Egypt [2013-2017]
    Cycle: 2013-2017
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    CPD Egypt [2007-2011] (DP/FPA/CPD/EGY/8)
    Cycle: -2011
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    CPD Egypt [2013-2017] (DP/FPA/CPD/EGY/9)
    Cycle: 2013-2017
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    UNDAF Egypt [2013-2017]
    Cycle: 2013-2017
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    Technical notes and sources

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