Colombia

Active in Colombia since 1974, UNFPA helps cultivate state capacities to manage population, reproductive health and gender-equity issues, including through integrated services for people suffering displacement and poverty. It encourages women’s and youth organizations to advocate for their sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, and promotes a life-cycle approach to reproductive health care. Development lags in some rural areas of the country and among people uprooted by conflict. Adolescent fertility is high, although overall rates have fallen. The maternal mortality rate indicates gaps in health services.