UNFPA South Africa
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy and productive lives.
UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted,every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.
We are making great progress on the African continent. Since 1990, the rate of maternal deaths in Africa has almost halved, and the CARMMA initiative is helping to speed up progress. More women and men are better able to plan and space their children. Young people are more empowered in sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights.
Key Results
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Key results of South Africa in 2021
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Programme Activities
South Africa 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:
$1,366,952
Implemented by:
UNFPA $1,209,986
(89%)
NGO $156,966 (11%)
NGO $156,966 (11%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(73%)
Non-core Resources (27%)
Non-core Resources (27%)
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:
$72,769
Implemented by:
UNFPA $72,769
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(31)
Non-core Resources (69)
Non-core Resources (69)
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:
$50,918
Implemented by:
UNFPA $50,918
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(101)
Non-core Resources (-1)
Non-core Resources (-1)
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:
$86,914
Implemented by:
UNFPA $86,914
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(101)
Non-core Resources (-1)
Non-core Resources (-1)
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:
$1,156,352
Implemented by:
UNFPA $999,386
(86%)
NGO $156,966 (14%)
NGO $156,966 (14%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(73)
Non-core Resources (27)
Non-core Resources (27)
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:
$243,159
Implemented by:
NGO $74,636
(31%)
UNFPA $168,523 (69%)
UNFPA $168,523 (69%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources
(100%)
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:
$204,377
Implemented by:
UNFPA $129,374
(63%)
NGO $75,003 (37%)
NGO $75,003 (37%)
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:
$30,695
Implemented by:
UNFPA $30,695
(100%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources
(100)
Youth leadership and participation
Young people have opportunities to exercise leadership and participate in sustainable development, humanitarian action and in sustaining peace
Total Spending:
$8,087
Implemented by:
UNFPA $8,454
(105%)
NGO $-367 (-5%)
NGO $-367 (-5%)
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:
$818,117
Implemented by:
UNFPA $641,685
(78%)
NGO $176,432 (22%)
NGO $176,432 (22%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(26%)
Non-core Resources (74%)
Non-core Resources (74%)
Elimination of harmful practices
Strengthened response to eliminate harmful practices, including child, early and forced marriage, female genital mutilation and son preference
Total Spending:
$84,005
Implemented by:
UNFPA $84,005
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(84)
Non-core Resources (16)
Non-core Resources (16)
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:
$9,770
Implemented by:
UNFPA $9,770
(100%)
Funded by:
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:
$661,536
Implemented by:
UNFPA $547,910
(83%)
NGO $113,626 (17%)
NGO $113,626 (17%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(20)
Non-core Resources (80)
Non-core Resources (80)
Gender and sociocultural norms
Strengthened civil society and community mobilization to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms affecting women and girls
Total Spending:
$62,805
Implemented by:
NGO $62,805
(100%)
Funded by:
Non-core Resources
(100)
Population and development
development, sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, HIV and gender equality
Total Spending:
$106,428
Implemented by:
UNFPA $93,426
(88%)
NGO $13,002 (12%)
NGO $13,002 (12%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(76%)
Non-core Resources (24%)
Non-core Resources (24%)
Demographic intelligence
Mainstreamed demographic intelligence to improve the responsiveness, targeting and impact of development policies, programmes and advocacy
Total Spending:
$62,437
Implemented by:
UNFPA $62,437
(100%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(82)
Non-core Resources (18)
Non-core Resources (18)
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:
$43,991
Implemented by:
UNFPA $30,989
(70%)
NGO $13,002 (30%)
NGO $13,002 (30%)
Funded by:
Core Resources
(69)
Non-core Resources (31)
Non-core Resources (31)
