EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund (MHTF) was established in 2008 to further UNFPA’s contribution to achieving Millennium Development Goal 5 on improving maternal health...
As the largest global programme addressing child marriage, the joint UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage plays a critical role in achieving the Sustainable...
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Executive summary The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) has continued to decline around the world, including in high prevalence countries where the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)...
The security situation in Syria remains volatile and unstable. Idlib, Aleppo, Daraa, Al-Hassakah, Deir-ez-zor, North Lattakia and North Hama governorates remain primary hotspots. The most recent data...
SANA’A, Yemen/UNITED NATIONS, New York – Om Asma’s most recent pregnancy could have killed her. She already had a baby at home, and her body felt depleted. “I became pregnant immediately after the...
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ITURI PROVINCE, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Several weeks ago, a woman brought her 11-year-old daughter, Anne*, to a UNFPA-supported health facility. Their family had been uprooted by the...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Family planning is a right. All women and adolescents girls should have equal access to it and the choices it allows. UNFPA Supplies is the main global channel for ensuring that...
Derick Nyasulu “Women bear the brunt of extreme weather events because they lack economic, political and legal power.” Action needs to be escalated regarding climate change to create a sustainable...