News

Explainer: No, contraceptives don’t cause abortions

calendar_today11 August 2025

Health workers provide contraceptives through mobile clinics in Syria. © UNFPA/Zein Khuzam
1

News

Providing women the power of choice through contraceptive access in Lesotho

calendar_today25 September 2024

Village health worker 'Mautloanang Mokone provides women with refills for their contraceptives. © UNFPA Lesotho / Violet Maraisane
1

Video

Reproductive rights are human rights

calendar_today29 June 2022

Reproductive rights are human rights

Reproductive rights are human rights

Restricting access to abortion does not prevent abortion. It simply makes it more deadly.

Read UNFPA's statement on the global implications of new restrictions to access to abortion here.

News

Ride-hailing app delivers contraceptives to users’ doorsteps

calendar_today17 July 2020

The SafeBoda ride hailing app can now be used to order essential reproductive health supplies. © SafeBoda
1

News

In Burundi, sexual health education helps youth protect themselves, their futures

calendar_today18 January 2019

Young people outside a youth-friendly health centre in Kamenge, Bujumbura. © UNFPA/Chiara Frisone
1

News

To secure a better future, teens in Sierra Leone look to family planning

calendar_today10 July 2017

Aminata Kabba became pregnant at 15. She says she wishes she had known about family planning. © MSSL
1

Video

Missing Girls - Family Planning in China

calendar_today28 April 2007

Missing Girls - Family Planning in China

Missing Girls - Family Planning in China

A new, less restrictive policy in Hainan Province, coupled with advocacy and incentives, is expected to result in a more balanced sex ratio among newborns in China.