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COVID-19: A Gender Lens
Disease outbreaks affect women and men differently, and pandemics make existing inequalities for women and girls and discrimination of other marginalized groups such as persons with disabilities and those in extreme poverty, worse. This needs to be considered, given the different impacts surrounding detection and access to treatment for women and men.
UNFPA Rwanda 2019 key results
As we embark on a new Decade of Action for Sustainable Development to deliver on SDG Agenda 2030. UNFPA would like to express our sincere gratitude for the support and partnership throughout the year 2019, where UNFPA had the double celebrations of its 50th Anniversary and 25 years of the ICPD Programme of Action.
State of World Population 2019
Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide whom and when to marry, and when or whether to have children.
A worldwide movement to give women real choices in life culminated in the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), where a consensus was reached about the links between women’s empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, and rights and sustainable development.
AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN LAUNCHES GENDER BASED VIOLENCE SAFE SPACE
YOUNG MOTHERS EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITHOUT THE
FEAR OF JUDGMENT OR HARM ESPECIALLY THOSE
SURVIVING GBV ISSUES
UNFPA East and Southern Africa Annual Report 2018
Looking back on our work in 2018, we made great strides in fulfilling our promise to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights in East and Southern Africa (ESA).Through our evidence-based advocacy and strategic engagement with different partners and stakeholders, we contributed to transforming the policy environment in the region. Many countries in the ESA region introduced and revised progressive policies regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), especially on HIV prevention, child marriage and comprehensive sexuality education.
CHAMPIONS AND MENTORS OF MANY WOMEN AND ADOLESCENTS
Increasing access to information
and services has the potential to
empower young people, improve
gender relations and eliminate
gender based violence.
ICFP2018 GRAND OPENING HIGHLIGHTS THE JOURNEY TOWARDS FP2020
CALL FOR MORE INVESTMENT
IN YOUTH FRIENDLY SERVICES
Investing for a lifetime of Retuns And Generation to come
HARNESSING BENEFITS OF THE
DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND FOR
DEVELOPMENT