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Publication

Ensuring Quality Maternal Health for Women and Girls of African Descent

In the Americas, maternal mortality rates are on the rise, and women and girls of African descent are being hit the hardest.

Technical Reports and Document

Programme of Action - Adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is pleased to issue this pocket e...

Publication

Taking stock: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Climate

Women, girls and marginalized groups who are largely dependent on natural resources for livelihoods are among the hardest hit by extreme weather patterns. These weather patterns li...

Technical Reports and Document

Human Rights-Based Approach to Family Planning

The United Nations has developed a common understanding of the “human rights-based approach” over the past two decades, with a definition first published in 2003 (UNDG ...

Newsletter

UNFPA WCARO launches Humanitaran Leadership training to tackle regional growing crises

In response to escalating crises in West and Central Africa, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched the Regional Humanitarian Leadership Programme in December 2023. Th...

Annual Report

SWEDD Annual Report 2022: Empowering women and building resilience in the Sahel

In 2015, a transformative initiative known as Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD) project was launched in response to a call from the heads of state of B...

Publication

SWEDD: Progress Highlights

The SWEDD (Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend) project is based on the aspiration of an innovative partnership. The project has been meticulously designed...

Publication

Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence: Making All Spaces Safe

As the world continues to evolve and expand in the use of technology and platforms, so too does the expansion of spaces through which violence can be perpetrated. This was evidence...

Resource

Brochure: What is technology-facilitated gender-based violence?

Technology-facilitated gender-based violence, or TFGBV, is an act of violence perpetrated by one or more individuals that is committed, assisted, aggravated and amplified in part o...