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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Donor Rankings, 2021

11th Core Contributions
16th Non Core Contributions
16th Overall Contributions

As one of UNFPA’s largest donors in 2020, the government of the United Kingdom is a crucial partner of UNFPA and of women and girls across the world. The UK’s vision for gender equality includes enabling girls to live free from violence, and empowering them to have access to universal sexual and reproductive health and rights.

In 2020, the UK continued to play a critical role in improving the wellbeing of women and girls worldwide, ensuring access to lifesaving health care commodities and providing essential support to UNFPA’s humanitarian and COVID-19 response. 

In 2021, the United Kingdom has continued to support UNFPA’s mandate and advance its normative role in international fora. The UK-UNFPA partnership is centered on: improved response to adolescent survivors of sexual violence; reproductive, newborn and maternal health services; programmes to end child marriage, female genital mutilation and gender-based violence; advocating for women’s rights; and improving countries’ capacity to perform evidence-based planning. Support from the United Kingdom goes to projects throughout Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, as well as to UNFPA’s Syria response.

 

 

*Figures and rankings are preliminary. 

Liz Truss, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Key Results 2018-2021

  • Sexual and Reproductive Health
    Maternal deaths averted
    19,879
    Unsafe abortions prevented
    2,195,253
    Fistula repair surgeries supported
    6,202
    Adolescents were reached with integrated sexual and reproductive health services
    11,599,089
  • Family planning
    Unintended pregnancies prevented
    7,136,811
    Couples protected for one year from unwanted pregnancies
    25,546,881
    HIV infections prevented by provision of female and male condoms
    44,996
    Marginalized girls were reached by life skills programmes
    1,127,730
    Sexually transmitted infections prevented by provision of female and male condoms
    1,999,843
  • Gender based violence and harmful practices
    Girls saved from female genital mutilation
    91,804
    Women and girls who were subjected to violence accessed essential services
    468,129
    Disabled women and girls who were suibjected to violence accessed essential services
    12,498
    Girls received prevention and/or protection services and care related to child, early and forced marriage
    909,295
    Girls and women received prevention and/or protection services and care related to female genital mutilation
    329,223
    Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices
    3,528
    Health service providers and managers trained as trainers on minimum initial service package
    7,581
Disclaimer

Key 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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