The global partnership between UNFPA and Philips is a brainpower partnership that aims to improve the health and well-being of 50 million women and girls in countries where health challenges are greatest.

UNFPA and Philips have developed an innovative model with the Government of the Republic of the Congo to reduce maternal and newborn mortality rates by 50 per cent in the country’s health facilities over the next five years, especially in remote areas.

The partners are working together to develop a large-scale Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) programme to improve access to high-quality and affordable maternal, neonatal and child health care for more than 500,000 women and 70,000 newborns in the Republic of the Congo.

UNFPA is supporting efforts to strengthen the capacities of midwives to deliver emergency obstetric and neonatal care services and thus increase the number of safe births, and Philips will provide the equipment, technological innovations and support required to improve the quality of these services.

The partnership between UNFPA and the Olympic Refuge Foundation aims to reduce the vulnerability to gender-based violence among adolescent girls, young women and boys living in refugee camps in Kenya through sports.

The project will strengthen the social inclusion, cohesion and psychosocial well-being of young people through sport-related platforms. It will broaden the participation of adolescent girls, young women and boys in sports activities through engagement with community leaders and parents and the training of coaches.

Sport is a powerful way to challenge and address negative gender norms and stereotypes and improve self-esteem, well-being and leadership skills. The initiative, therefore, aims to reduce the vulnerability of adolescent girls and young women and boys to gender-based violence through the strengthening of self-agency and the promotion of gender-based violence services, including psychosocial support, during sporting activities.

The partnership with Global Citizen is a reach partnership to amplify UNFPA’s work on sexual and reproductive health and gender equality and to unlock new resources in support of the global agenda for women and girls.

UNFPA is part of the Recovery Plan for the World, a campaign coordinated by Global Citizen to end COVID-19 and kick-start a global recovery. Women and girls were particularly affected by the pandemic, and equality must be at the core of the global reset. UNFPA and Global Citizen work hand in hand to approach private-sector entities to increase their support of the agency’s work. Global Citizen also shares assets produced by UNFPA through their wide-reaching platform of supporters and high-profile ambassadors.