Press Release

UNFPA receives EDGE Assess and EDGEplus certification

27 April 2022

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Risk of sexual violence, unintended pregnancy soars in crisis settings, new report highlights

UNFPA is providing post-rape treatment kits and other essential health supplies in South Sudan. Sexual violence has been widespread since hostilities erupted last month. © UNFPA/Tim McKulka
  • 12 April 2022
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Resources

Easy Read: Our plan to make sure that we include people with disabilities in all our work

Resource date: Dec 2021

Author: UNFPA

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UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem’s Message at the launch of The State of World Population 2022

Published on: 30/03/2022

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Statement at the launch of The State of World Population 2022

30 March 2022

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News

8 myths about unintended pregnancy debunked

At 14, Dankay Kanu (right, with a mentor from the 2YoungLives NGO, which helps pregnant girls in Sierra Leone continue their education and find employment) got pregnant by an older man who refused to wear a condom then denied paternity. Though she quit school for a time, she has since returned while raising her now-two-year-old son, Ishmael, alone. "To be a mother at this age is not really easy," she said, "but that will enable me to become stronger." @ UNFPA/Michael Duff
  • 05 May 2022
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Press Release

Nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended—a global crisis, says new UNFPA report

30 March 2022

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State of World Population

Seeing the Unseen: The case for action in the neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy

Number of pages: 160

Publication date: 30 Mar 2022

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

An estimated 121 million pregnancies per year take place in the bodies of women who did not choose pregnancy or motherhood, who were not planning to have a child at that time, with that partner, in those circumstances. Nothing is more fundamental to bodily autonomy than the ability to decide whether or not to become pregnant. Yet for too many, the most life-altering reproductive choice is no choice at all.

Rhythms of Resistance

25 March 2022

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See Us, Hear Us, Count Us In - High Level Conversation on Anti-racism

09 March 2022

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