News

“They have to fight”: People of African descent face deadly, systemic racism and sexism in health sectors across the Americas, UNFPA reports

Dr. Palmer talks with a UNFPA staff member outside the clinic in La Palma, where she makes visits once per month to women in underserved indigenous communities. © UNFPA Costa Rica
  • 12 July 2023
1

Press Release

Deadly outcomes: Pregnant Afrodescendent women are abused and neglected due to systemic racism and sexism in health systems across the Americas, new UNFPA report finds

12 July 2023

AR RU
1

News

“Why are we excluded?": UNFPA distributes dignity kits to transgender women in Bangladesh following disastrous flooding

Transgender advocate Ananya launched the "Shopner Chowa Shomajkollan Sangstha" group to empower transgender individuals through business skills instruction. ©️ UNFPA Bangladesh/Prince Naymuzzaman
  • 16 May 2023
1

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.

Press Release

UNFPA report identifies rising population anxiety, urges radical rethink of how countries address changing demographics

19 April 2023

AR RU
1

News

“Men will no longer do what they want with them”: Indigenous women in Brazil say enough to gender-based violence

Lutana Ribeiro is the only female chief of Parque das Tribos, an indigenous neighbourhood in Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state. ©UNFPA Brazil/Isabela Martel
  • 10 January 2023
1

Speech

Closing Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the Second Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

02 June 2023

1

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2023

17 May 2023

Global

1

Resources

Maternal Health Analysis of Women and Girls of African Descent in the Americas

Resource date: Jul 2023

Publisher: UNFPA, UNICEF, UN-Women, PAHO, NBEC

1

We use cookies and other identifiers to help improve your online experience. By using our website you agree to this, see our cookie policy

X