Australia
Donor Rankings, 2021
13th
Core Contributions
11th
Non Core Contributions
11th
Overall Contributions
The Government of Australia takes a comprehensive approach to advancing the rights of women and girls, targeting its investments to initiatives that enhance gender equality, global health and humanitarian relief. These efforts include issues such as leadership, economic empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, ending gender-based violence, family planning, and maternal health, with a strong focus on the Indo-Pacific region. The AUD 30 million Transformative Agenda for Women, Adolescents and Youth 2018-2022 is one of Australia’s largest partnerships with UNFPA and aims to improve access to sexual and reproductive health and rights with a focus on family planning in six Pacific countries.
In addition to naming women’s and girls' rights as one of six investment priority areas, Australia’s foreign assistance policy states that “80 per cent of investments, regardless of their objectives, will effectively address gender issues in their implementation.” This approach creates a measurable and tangible framework through which to enact gender mainstreaming and affirms the relevance of the partnership with UNFPA.
Specific areas of collaboration include: population data, family planning, safe motherhood, HIV/AIDS prevention, ending gender-based violence and promoting disability-inclusive development. Australia’s humanitarian contributions support sexual and reproductive health care, as well as supplies for preventing and treating gender-based violence in disaster-prone countries across the Indo-Pacific region, Asia and the Middle East. The Government of Australia also supports UNFPA Supplies, which facilitates access to reproductive health commodities.
Key Results 2018-2021
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Sexual and Reproductive Health
Maternal deaths averted5,383
Unsafe abortions prevented594,476
Fistula repair surgeries supported1,680
Adolescents were reached with integrated sexual and reproductive health services3,141,040- Family planning
Unintended pregnancies prevented1,932,653
Couples protected for one year from unwanted pregnancies6,918,111
HIV infections prevented by provision of female and male condoms12,185
Marginalized girls were reached by life skills programmes305,390
Sexually transmitted infections prevented by provision of female and male condoms541,559- Gender based violence and harmful practices
Girls saved from female genital mutilation24,861
Women and girls who were subjected to violence accessed essential services126,770
Disabled women and girls who were suibjected to violence accessed essential services3,384
Girls received prevention and/or protection services and care related to child, early and forced marriage246,238
Girls and women received prevention and/or protection services and care related to female genital mutilation89,154
Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices955
Health service providers and managers trained as trainers on minimum initial service package2,053DisclaimerKey results are for illustrative purposes only, and reflect what a donor has contributed to through funding to UNFPA since 2018. Key results presented here may not reflect the figures provided by government donors.
Contributions Since 2014
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Donor Global StatisticsNews & Updates
NewsSYRIA/TÜRKIYE – The numbers are beyond comprehension: More than 9 million people in Türkiye and 8.8 million in Syria affected by two massive earthquakes. Among them, over 260,000 pregnant women in both countries – women…18 March 2023 Read Story
UpdatesUNITED NATIONS, New York – The Government of Australia recently released AUD $7 million to UNFPA, the United Nations’ sexual and reproductive health agency, as part of a four-year, AUD $30 million programme to transform…27 June 2022 Read Story
UpdatesThe Government of Australia has announced a contribution of AUD 8 million (approximately US$6 million) to UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, to help provide for the protection of displaced…29 March 2022 Read Story - Family planning
