Fact Sheet
UNFPA WCAR’s work in these past few years have attracted more funding thus giving the organization the ability to have a bigger impact on women, adolescent and young people i...
Fact Sheet
The Science of Delivery, or deliverology has been popular since the U.K Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit (PMDU) was created in 2001 under Tony Blair’s administration. Del...
State of World Population Report
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...
Publication
We have completed the first year of our new four-year regional action plan, with activities and initiatives implemented in line with the: Global UNFPA Strategic Plan 2018-2...
Annual Report
Significant progress has been made in the provision of frontline reproductive health services to those in dire need, but much more still needs to be done. As part of the Ouagadougo...
Publication
Presentation of Progress Report 2018: The Demographic Dividend in West and Central Africa UNFPA Regional Office for West and Central Africa January 21, 2019, UNFPA HQ, New York. ...
Publication
Niger has one of the highest population growth rates in the world (3.9 per cent in 2012). The population is extremely young: people under 15 account for more than half of the total...
Publication
Adolescents and Youth Report: West and Central Africa
Publications
Child marriage in West and Central Africa is one of the biggest challenges in the region and has enormous adverse effects on education, health, including sexual and reproductive he...