Tag: unfpa
The Right Family Planning in the Changing World
As the world changes, achieving universal access to family planning takes on new urgency. With this urgency in mind, the UNFPA has...
Motherhood In Childhood
About a third of all women in developing countries have children at the age of 19 or younger, and nearly half of...
121 Million Pregnancies Each Year unintended
Are pregnancies in the world intended? No, most of the pregnancies are unintended, according to a latest report from the UN's sexual...
Women And Girls Hurt More on Climate Change
The world is witnessing an increased onslaught of forest fires, droughts and floods and the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report warned of...
Covid 19; Was Fertility Affected?
How did Covid 19 affect fertility? The data available across the globe has shown that the pandemic prompted short-term fertility decline in many countries.
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Women denied right to decide whether to have sex
“My body is my own. How many women and girls can freely make that claim?, asks the UNFPA's 2021 flagship State of World Population...
Every second person holds Ageist attitude
Every second person in the world hold ageist attitudes that leads to poor physical and mental health and reduced quality of life for older...
One year since Covid-19, 12 million women affected
An estimated 12 million women experienced disruptions to their family planning services, which ultimately led to around 1.4 million unintended pregnancies, one year since...
Female Genital Mutilation; two million girls at risk
An additional two million girls are at a higher risk of undergoing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the coming ten years with the Covid...
Zero gender-based violence, preventable maternal death, unmet need for family planning.
The world is in need of zero gender-based violence, zero preventable maternal death and Zero unmet need for family planning. In a bid to...
