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Youth-friendly services scaling up in Kazakhstan, offering critical sexual and reproductive health care

calendar_today17 May 2023

Youth peer educators, part of the Y-PEER network, sort through brochures with age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health information. © UNFPA Kazakhstan

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UNFPA, Universal Rights Group

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07 July 2023

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Advancing Rights, Transforming Lives: Strategic Engagement with the United Nations Human Rights System to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

This report reviews how the UN human rights system has taken up women's rights, gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights and the degree to which these recommendations have been translated into action, with UNFPA's support.

Country examples demonstrate the impact of UNFPA's strategic engagement with UN human rights mechanisms for advancing the rights and choices of women and girls.

Seeing the Unseen: State of World Population Report 2022

Read more about Seeing the Unseen: State of World Population Report 2022

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.

8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities: State of World Population Report 2023

Read more about 8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities: State of World Population Report 2023

This year’s report makes the case for a world in which each individual is free to choose their reproductive future in a world of 8 billion.

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“I want my baby safe, this is all I need.” Supporting women and girls in Myanmar after Cyclone Mocha tears a path of destruction

calendar_today03 July 2023

Women from the village of Say Thamar Kyi receive health care and reproductive health services at a mobile clinic operating in areas affected by Cyclone Mocha, in Rakhine state. © UNFPA Myanmar

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In Port Sudan, UNFPA helps ensure safe birth for women and girls fleeing violence in Khartoum

calendar_today30 June 2023

A team at the Port Sudan Teaching Hospital assists Omnia in delivering by Caesarean section, just a week after she arrived in the city having fled violence and insecurity in Khartoum. © UNFPA/Sufian Adbulmouty

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Anatomical birth models support midwifery trainings in Rwanda

calendar_today29 June 2023

Anatomical birth models are realistic educational tools to simulate birth experiences, helping nurses to gain important midwifery skills to support deliveries through all stages of childbirth.

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Success at Nyarugusu: How one of the world’s largest refugee camps achieved zero maternal deaths in 2022

calendar_today10 April 2023

Not one woman died while giving birth at Nyarugusu refugee camp in 2022 – representing a remarkable achievement. © UNFPA Tanzania/Bright Warren

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Births don’t stop during a crisis: How one woman went into labour as Cyclone Freddy slammed into Madagascar

calendar_today13 April 2023

Georgette and Freddy wait to be seen at the Maroalakely health centre, where UNFPA staff also helped to register the baby for a birth certificate. © UNFPA/Jean Martin

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Youth-friendly services scaling up in Kazakhstan, offering critical sexual and reproductive health care

Advancing Rights, Transforming Lives: Strategic Engagement with the United Nations Human Rights System to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Seeing the Unseen: State of World Population Report 2022

8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities: State of World Population Report 2023

“I want my baby safe, this is all I need.” Supporting women and girls in Myanmar after Cyclone Mocha tears a path of destruction

In Port Sudan, UNFPA helps ensure safe birth for women and girls fleeing violence in Khartoum

Anatomical birth models support midwifery trainings in Rwanda

Success at Nyarugusu: How one of the world’s largest refugee camps achieved zero maternal deaths in 2022

Births don’t stop during a crisis: How one woman went into labour as Cyclone Freddy slammed into Madagascar

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