Resources

Gender-biased sex selections Explained

Resource date: Jul 2020

Publisher: UNFPA

News

If you want to change the world, start at home: New tool offers roadmap for changing social norms

A new publication offers a framework for changing discriminatory norms.
  • 20 July 2020
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News

Safety elusive for women in South Sudan’s protection sites amid pandemic

Embroidery from a women-friendly space calls for women's safety from violence. © UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano
  • 01 July 2020
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Resources

Accountability for Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation

Resource date: Jun 2020

Author: UNFPA

This fact sheet aims to support United Nations Member States and all stakeholders to tailor and target their advocacy efforts within the Universal Periodic Review process towards eliminating female genital mutilation (FGM).

It takes stock, mid-course, of the dimensions of eliminating FGM that are prioritized by Member States through their recommendations at the UPR; assesses the substance of these recommendations in light of strategic programming evidence; and identifies priority actions for leveraging the UPR as a platform for change to eliminate this harmful practice by 2030.

State of World Population

State of World Population 2020

Defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality

Number of pages: 160

Publication date: 30 Jun 2020

Author: UNFPA

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Five things you didn’t know about practices that harm girls

Without urgent action, the situation for women and girls could worsen. Artwork by Fatma Mahmoud Salama Raslan.
  • 30 June 2020
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News

Teachers and mothers join forces to keep girls in school in Malawi

The Joint Programme on Girls' Education brings together teachers and parents to help keep girls in school. © UNFPA Malawi
  • 22 June 2020
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News

Sahel project helps women raise themselves, their communities from poverty

Ms. Brema trains women in her village to become electricians. © Vincent Tremeau/Banque mondiale
  • 16 June 2020
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Demand for counselling services spikes in Palestine amid COVID-19 lockdown

Maysah Shalaldeh, a social worker, provides counselling over the phone. Maysah Shalaldeh, a social worker
  • 02 June 2020
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Resources

Technical Note on Convergent Programming

Resource date: Apr 2020

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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