News

“Life became a cage”: Syrian girls shed light on conflict, vulnerability and cycle of abuse

calendar_today26 November 2019

Child marriage is widely seen as a way to secure care for daughters, who are often viewed as an economic burden. In this way, the practice both arises from and perpetuates gender inequality. © UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub
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Icons & Activists: 50 years of people making change

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Nov 2019

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

240

Publication

Icons & Activists: 50 years of people making change

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of UNFPA and the 25th of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, this book showcases the "change makers" who have made substantial contributions to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and population and development more broadly. The purpose of this book is to give some sense of how much has been achieved through the efforts of so many - and perhaps to offer inspiration for the future.

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Imagine a world...

calendar_today13 November 2019

Imagine a world...

Imagine a world...

Imagine a world where no one is subjected to violence because of their gender, where no girl is forced to marry, where no girl of woman is subjected to female genital mutilation of harmful practice. Imagine a world where every couple can decide freely when and if to have children.

Speech

Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 Welcoming Ceremony

calendar_today12 November 2019

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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Apr 2019

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

52

Publication

Fulfilling the ICPD Promise

Progress, Gaps and Working and Scale

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Publication date

Nov 2019

Author

UNFPA

Resources

Supplement to Background paper on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: An Essential Element of Universal Health Coverage

This supplement was launched in conjunction with the launch of the background document for the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: an essential element of universal health coverage.

It presents evidence supporting the need for and cost-effectiveness of interventions defined by the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission which was the basis, while not exhaustive, of the reflection leading to the Background document for the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25.

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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Nov 2019

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

44

Publication

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: An Essential Element of Universal Health Coverage

Background document for the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 - Accelerating the promise

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News

Nuns and monks break the silence on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Bhutan

calendar_today04 November 2019

Nuns and monks gathered at Pangrizampa College of Astrology to speak with UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem about their work on sexual and reproductive health and rights. © UNFPA Bhutan/Nilanjana Bose
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News

When health workers harm: the medicalization of female genital mutilation in Egypt

calendar_today02 October 2019

Community leaders in Assiut Governorate speak about female genital mutilation. © UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme to Eliminate FGM
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News

Real men respect women, says school for husbands in Burkina Faso

calendar_today03 October 2019

The school for husbands and future husbands teaches men to empower their wives through behavior change. Here, men practice domestic skills to ease the burden on their wives. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
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