About us

UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

We promote gender equality and empower women, girls and young people to take control of their bodies and their futures. We work with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services. Our goal is ending unmet need for family planning, preventable maternal death, and gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage and female genital mutilation by 2030.

Our motto is:

Ensuring rights and choices for all.

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How we work

Guided by the 1994 Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), UNFPA partners with governments, civil society, academic institutions and the private sector to advance our mission. We provide data and analysis to show countries’ progress, by mobilizing resources and expertise, advocating directly with government officials or in public forums and through training and monitoring. We participate in regional and international meetings that enhance knowledge about and commitment to our issues. UNFPA also administers pooled funding mechanisms including Joint Programmes and Multi-Donor Trust Funds at global, country and regional levels.

How we work

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Leaders and advocates

Executive Director

Ms. Keita brings to the role over three decades of leadership in international development and public service. Her career includes service as Minister for Cooperation and African Integration for the Republic of Guinea, alongside extensive experience…

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Deputy Executive Director (Management)

Andrew Saberton

He joined UNFPA in May 2009 as Chief of Accounts, promoted to Chief of Finance Branch 2 years later and again to Director,…

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Executive board

Made up of representatives from 36 countries who serve on a rotating basis, the Executive Board supports and supervises the work of UNFPA, UNDP and UNOPS according to policy guidance of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the United Nations Charter, ensuring they respond to the needs of programme countries.

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Funding and impact

Unintended pregnancies averted*

31.2 million

Unintended pregnancies averted*

Maternal deaths averted*

64,730

Maternal deaths averted*

Couple years of protection for contraceptives procured by UNFPA*

145 million

Couple years of protection for contraceptives procured by UNFPA*

Unsafe abortions averted*

9.5 million

Unsafe abortions averted*

UNFPA-assisted safe deliveries in humanitarian or fragile settings

2.4 million

UNFPA-assisted safe deliveries in humanitarian or fragile settings

Girls saved from female genital mutilation

273,500

Girls saved from female genital mutilation

Midwives empowered through competency-based training in 2023

200,000

Midwives empowered through competency-based training in 2023

Women and girls living with obstetric fistula received treatment

18,600

Women and girls living with obstetric fistula received treatment

New HIV infections averted*

117,000

New HIV infections averted*

New sexually transmitted infections averted*

11.5 million

New sexually transmitted infections averted*

Women and young people with disablities benefited from services related to sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and harmful practices.

347,000

Women and young people with disablities benefited from services related to sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and harmful practices.

Per cent of the population that was scheduled to be counted in the 2020 census round and was counted

68.70%

Per cent of the population that was scheduled to be counted in the 2020 census round and was counted

UNFPA is funded voluntarily by governments and other partners to provide sexual and reproductive health services around the world. There are two types of resources: core and non-core. Core resources are unrestricted contributions that enable us to direct support to where it’s most needed. Non-core resources are directed by donors to specific purposes and locations.

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