UNFPA Somalia

Active in Somalia since the 1970s, UNFPA supports humanitarian responses and recovery efforts. It also works with health services to reduce maternal mortality, among the highest rates in the world, by strengthening community midwifery and the supply of commodities. Further efforts have focused on conducting nation-wide population estimation surveys. Engaging with the government and civil society to provide services for vulnerable youth, UNFPA promotes reproductive rights and the elimination of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation/cutting.

Key results of Somalia in 2021 View more

Reproductive rights, laws and policies

Strategies were in place to align laws, policies and regulations on reproductive rights

National plans against harmful practices

A costed national action plan to address harmful practices was developed

Vital statistics

Annual vital statistics based on civil registration were generated and published on an annual basis

Fistula treatment

1,406

Fistula repair surgeries provided with the support of UNFPA

Minimum Initial Services Package

Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package

Life skills programmes for girls

1,025

Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes

Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls

Child, early and forced marriage

6,000

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

Female genital mutilation

9,763

Girls and women received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to female genital mutilation

Community declarations on harmful practices

Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

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Key humanitarian results 2021

36,321

UNFPA-assisted safe deliveries

12,463

Affected population reached with Family Planning services

75,658

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

27,995

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

Número de clínicas móviles

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

Cantidad de espacios seguros

1,587

Jeunes animateurs et bénévoles formés à la santé sexuelle et reproductive

1,134

Personnel trained on clinical management of rape

487

Personnel trained on Minimum Initial Package (MISP)

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Programme Activities

Somalia 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:

$17,506,470

Implemented by:

UNFPA $5,419,623 (31%)
GOV $2,805,346 (16%)
NGO $7,460,181 (43%)
UN $1,821,319 (10%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (12%)
Recursos complementarios (88%)

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:

$14,696,274

Implemented by:

UNFPA $5,302,676 (36%)
UN $1,821,319 (12%)
NGO $5,454,700 (37%)
GOV $2,117,580 (14%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (13)
Recursos complementarios (87)

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:

$2,511,580

Implemented by:

UNFPA $17,903 (1%)
NGO $1,877,573 (75%)
GOV $616,104 (25%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (3)
Recursos complementarios (97)

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:

$85,150

Implemented by:

UNFPA $83,590 (98%)
GOV $1,560 (2%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (23)
Recursos complementarios (77)

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:

$176,705

Implemented by:

UNFPA $-10,829 (-6%)
NGO $117,432 (66%)
GOV $70,102 (40%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (-7)
Recursos complementarios (107)

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:

$36,761

Implemented by:

UNFPA $26,284 (71%)
NGO $10,477 (29%)

Funded by:

Recursos complementarios (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:

$3,259,482

Implemented by:

NGO $2,009,495 (62%)
GOV $832,185 (26%)
UNFPA $417,802 (13%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (6%)
Recursos complementarios (94%)

Youth leadership and participation

Young people have opportunities to exercise leadership and participate in sustainable development, humanitarian action and in sustaining peace

Total Spending:

$1,496,785

Implemented by:

UNFPA $171,708 (11%)
NGO $885,573 (59%)
GOV $439,504 (29%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (10)
Recursos complementarios (90)

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:

$1,716,563

Implemented by:

UNFPA $204,094 (12%)
NGO $1,123,922 (65%)
GOV $388,547 (23%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (2)
Recursos complementarios (98)

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:

$46,134

Implemented by:

UNFPA $42,000 (91%)
GOV $4,134 (9%)

Funded by:

Recursos complementarios (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:

$4,788,506

Implemented by:

UNFPA $561,982 (12%)
GOV $1,135,622 (24%)
NGO $3,090,902 (65%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (1%)
Recursos complementarios (99%)

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:

$3,897,606

Implemented by:

UNFPA $508,065 (13%)
NGO $2,503,919 (64%)
GOV $885,622 (23%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (0)
Recursos complementarios (100)

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:

$44,000

Implemented by:

GOV $44,000 (100%)

Funded by:

Recursos complementarios (100)

Gender and sociocultural norms

Strengthened civil society and community mobilization to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms affecting women and girls

Total Spending:

$247,776

Implemented by:

UNFPA $51,496 (21%)
NGO $125,780 (51%)
GOV $70,500 (28%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (21)
Recursos complementarios (79)

Elimination of harmful practices

Strengthened response to eliminate harmful practices, including child, early and forced marriage, female genital mutilation and son preference

Total Spending:

$599,125

Implemented by:

UNFPA $2,421 (0%)
NGO $461,204 (77%)
GOV $135,500 (23%)

Funded by:

Recursos complementarios (100)

Organizational effectiveness and efficiency

Total Spending:

$-2,674

Implemented by:

UNFPA $-2,674 (0%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (%)

Improved programming for results

Total Spending:

$-2,674

Implemented by:

UNFPA $-2,674 (100%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos ()

Population and development

development, sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, HIV and gender equality

Total Spending:

$833,629

Implemented by:

UNFPA $199,481 (24%)
GOV $634,148 (76%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (0%)
Recursos complementarios (100%)

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:

$833,629

Implemented by:

UNFPA $199,481 (24%)
GOV $634,148 (76%)

Funded by:

Recursos básicos (0)
Recursos complementarios (100)

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UNFPA Somalia

Reproductive rights, laws and policies

National plans against harmful practices

Vital statistics

Fistula treatment

Minimum Initial Services Package

Life skills programmes for girls

Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

Child, early and forced marriage

Female genital mutilation

Community declarations on harmful practices

Key humanitarian results 2021

Programme Activities

Somalia 2014 Programme Activities data

Somalia 2015 Programme Activities data

Somalia 2016 Programme Activities data

Somalia 2017 Programme Activities data

Somalia 2018 Programme Activities data

Somalia 2019 Programme Activities data

Somalia 2020 Programme Activities data

Somalia 2021 Programme Activities data

Programme Documentation

Notes for key results