unintended pregnancy

Population bomb, bust – or boon? New UNFPA report debunks 8 myths about a world of 8 billion

On 15 November, the world’s population reached a landmark 8 billion people. The UNFPA State of World Population 2023 report released today asks what this means for their lives, rights, health and futures? © UNFPA/ARTificial Mind/Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm

19 April 2023

“I know how to listen”: Midwives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use groundbreaking new birth model to care for pregnant survivors of sexual violence

Midwife Aimée Nzimire assists labouring mother Valerine Mwamini. Though the Panzi hospital's new "Transforming Birth" model is designed to serve survivors of gender-based violence, Ms. Mwamini is not herself a GBV survivor. © UNFPA Democratic Republic of the Congo/Lisa Thanner

05 April 2023

Reclaiming teenage mothers’ dreams, plans and potential

Ana Francini González Avalos became pregnant at 13. Despite social stigma around adolescent pregnancy, Fran – as she likes to be called – says she is betting on herself and her future potential. © UNFPA/Priscilla Mora Flores

07 November 2022

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

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

12 April 2022

8 myths about unintended pregnancy debunked

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

05 May 2022

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

Number of pages: 160

Publication date: 30 Mar 2022

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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.

Population bomb, bust – or boon? New UNFPA report debunks 8 myths about a world of 8 billion

Six UNFPA programmes around the world ensuring “health for all” in a world of 8 billion

“I know how to listen”: Midwives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use groundbreaking new birth model to care for pregnant survivors of sexual violence

Reclaiming teenage mothers’ dreams, plans and potential

UNFPA statement on the global implications of new restrictions to access to abortion

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

8 myths about unintended pregnancy debunked

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

Population bomb, bust – or boon? New UNFPA report debunks 8 myths about a world of 8 billion

Six UNFPA programmes around the world ensuring “health for all” in a world of 8 billion

“I know how to listen”: Midwives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use groundbreaking new birth model to care for pregnant survivors of sexual violence

Reclaiming teenage mothers’ dreams, plans and potential

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