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The State of the World's Midwifery 2021

The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021 builds on previous reports in the SoWMy series and represents an unprecedented effort to document the whole world’s Sexual,...

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Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, Midwives Save Lives

The aim of these personal stories from midwives and the findings in this report are to stimulate policy discussions and enable evidence-based decision-making at national and subnat...

State of World Population Report

My Body Is My Own

Nearly half of women in 57 developing countries are denied the right to decide whether to have sex with their partners, use contraception or seek health care, according to UNFPA...

Technical Reports and Document

Advancing Menstrual Equity at the Systemic Level Through Policy Shifts and Standards

This webinar report explores the opportunities and challenges of addressing menstrual equity in East and Southern Africa through advocacy and policy change. While the foc...

Annual Report

Safeguard Young People Programme Annual Report 2020

When it became clear that the COVID-19 pandemic was set to change life as we know it, the SYP regional team employed several different strategies to ensure quality action at region...

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Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in East and Southern Africa

UN Women and UNFPA undertook this study to understand better the gendered impacts of the pandemic and to inform national development planning for the recovery. The study ...

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COVID-19 & Gender: Building Forward Better on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Eritrea

This brief explores the work of the UN in Eritrea to complement the government’s efforts to promote gender equality and women's empowerment. It sets out recomme...

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UNFPA and the Climate Crisis

In 2019, UNFPA organized an International Symposium on SRHR, Gender and Climate Change Resilience to share knowledge and identify programmes to reduce the impacts of...

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SRHR, Gender and Climate Change Resilience Symposium

In the lead up to the Nairobi Summit and the UN’s Climate Change Summit in September 2019, UNFPA convened a three-day symposium, focusing on programmatic, part...