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

calendar_today12 April 2022

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
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8 myths about unintended pregnancy debunked

calendar_today05 May 2022

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
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UNFPA

Publication date

Mar 2022

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

160

State of World Population

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

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.

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Sep 2021

Author

UNFPA

Resources

UNFPA Supplies Contraceptive Approvals for Countries - 2020

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Jun 2021

Author

UNFPA

Resources

UNFPA Supplies Annual Report 2020: Reporting on the Performance Monitoring Framework

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UNFPA Supplies Annual Report 2020

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Jun 2021

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

46

Annual Report

UNFPA Supplies Annual Report 2020

Highlights of Key Progress

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Do you know where your birth control is? Tracking contraceptives improves health services – and choice in Uganda

calendar_today19 July 2021

DrugDash is a digital system that replaced paper records for tracking contraceptive supplies, eliminating stock-outs and waste. © Outbox
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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
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Publication date

Jun 2020

Resources

UNFPA Supplies Annual Report 2019: Reporting on the Performance Monitoring Framework

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UNFPA Supplies Annual Report 2019

Publication date

Jun 2020

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

54

Annual Report

UNFPA Supplies Annual Report 2019

Highlights of Key Progress

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