Women have a right to make their own decisions about whether, when and how often to become pregnant. That right was reaffirmed in 1994 in Cairo at the landmark International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), where 179 governments agreed that sexual and...

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem

Women and innovation: a blueprint for rights and choices 
 

Everywhere, new technologies and innovations are transforming the way we work, the way we communicate, the way we interact with each other and with...

To commemorate this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Secretary-General’s UNiTE Campaign is calling upon us to stand in solidarity with survivors and survivor advocates and women’s human rights defenders who are working to prevent and...