UNFPA ESARO | Publications

Technical Reports and Document

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender-based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage

UNFPA aims to achieve three world-changing results by 2030, the deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. COVID-19 pandemic could critically undermine progress made...

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The Impact of Rites of Passage and Cultural Practices on Adolescents’ and Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in East and Southern Africa

UNFPA-ESARO contracted with an independent consultant to review the existing literature relating to adolescent rites of passage and initiation ceremonies in four countries in South...

Technical Reports and Document

Evaluation of Behaviour Change of young people using TuneMe in Southern Africa

The objective of the evaluation was to understand the users; understand the progress made by individual users towards behaviour change; obtain client feedback/satisfaction, and obt...

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COVID-19: A Gender Lens

Disease outbreaks affect women and men differently, and pandemics make existing inequalities for women and girls and discrimination of other marginalized groups such as persons wit...

Situation Report

The Safeguard Young People Programme Phase II Report 2017-2019

SYP has been implemented by UNFPA and its regional and national partners since November 2013 in eight Southern African countries. Since then UNFPA successfully achieved a ...

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Youth Enterprise Model: No Wealth Without Health

UNFPA’s Youth Enterprise Model (YEM) project in Uganda creates opportunities and spaces for young people to acquire the skills needed for business and work, together with the infor...

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Our Journey

These Safeguard Young People best practices have been implemented for periods varying between three and six years. With a clear description of strategies selected, lessons learned,...

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Republic of Botswana: Facts and Prospects

This series presents a trend analysis of selected indicators related to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action among Southern African...

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Republic of South Africa: Facts and Prospects

The Republic of South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th largest country in the world by land area. Classified as an Upper Middle-Income Country, South A...