The Philippines: Protecting Women and Girls After Haiyan

Published on: 02/09/2014

UNFPA is providing reproductive health care and working to prevent gender-based violence against women and girls who struggle to survive after Typhoon Haiyan.  The national police are putting in place mechanisms to ensure their safety until the situa

Too Young to Wed: Destaye

Published on: 02/09/2014

Married at 11, Destaye had hoped to stay in school.  But the birth of her child a few years later interrupted her plans. This short film examines the journey of an Ethiopian child bride.

Women and War: Afghanistan

Published on: 02/09/2014

In Afghanistan, conflict has not only caught the female non-combatants in its violence, but have severely crippled already inadequate services such as health and education.

Women and War: Iraq

Published on: 02/09/2014

It is mainly men who wage war. But it is women who so often pay the price. They bear the brunt of the suffering protracted conflict brings.

Resources

Key Actions for the Further Implementation of the Program of Action

Resource date: 1999

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

Progress and challenges in the first five years of implementing the Cairo agreement were the focus of a series of meetings leading up to special session of the United Nations General Assembly (ICPD+5) in June 1999. The session identified Key Actions for the Further Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action, including new benchmark indicators of progress in four key areas:  Education and literacy, reproductive health care and unmet need for contraception, maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS.

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Human Rights-Based Programming

Resource date: 2007

Author: UNFPA

This two-in-one handbook can help you turn the concept of a 'human rights-based approach' into reality on the ground. It breaks down human rights-based approach into its various components, and provides a checklist for development practitioners to use in implementing and evaluating their programmes.

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UNFPA at Work

Resource date: 2008

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA, Harvard School of Public Health Program on International Health and Human Rights

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Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women

Resource date: 2013

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, ILO, OSRSG/VAC

Publisher: UNICEF

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence

Resource date: 2013

Author: UNFPA

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Accelerating Efforts to Advance the Rights of Adolescent Girls: A UN Joint Statement

Resource date: 2010

Author: UN Adolescent Girls Task Force

Publisher: UN Adolescent Girls Task Force

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