Annual Report
The year 2023 was a significant milestone in the efforts of the SWEDD project to empower women and reduce gender inequality. This progress paved the way for the SWEDD+ era. The ...
State of World Population Report
Entitled “Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: Ending inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights”, the report highlights the role racism, sexism and other ...
Publication
The UNFPA, UNICEF, UN-Women, PAHO and NBEC Maternal Health Analysis of Women and Girls of African Descent in the Americas brings together for the first time, comparative data ...
Publication
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
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...
Technical Reports and Document
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 ...
Publication
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...
Newsletter
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
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...