UNFPA ESARO

Annual Report

Getting To Zero

The year 2021 was a challenging one for the communities, the world, and for the millions of young women and girls in East and Southern Africa. Through disruptions and changes,...

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Responding to Climate Change Requires Health Systems Strengthening

This infographic looks at why responses to climate change must focus on health systems strengthening, including sexual and reproductive health services, supplies and gender-ba...

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Environmental Crises Exacerbate Some Drivers of Child Marriage

This infographic explains why upholding sexual and reproductive health and rights during environmental instability caused by climate change means taking action on child marria...

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Bodily Autonomy and Access to Family Planning are Essential for Responding to Climate Change

This infographic draws the links between climate change, family planning and bodily autonomy. It explains why we need to strengthen individual and community resilien...

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The Negative Impact of Climate Change on Maternal Health

This infographic looks at how climate change directly and indirectly impacts maternal health, making pregnancy less safe and worsening neonatal health outcomes.

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Climate Change and Gender-Based Violence

Climate change creates and exacerbates circumstances conducive to gender-based violence. This infographic draws the links and explains why climate action must tackle gender-ba...

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Women Who Sell Sex in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Scoping Review of Non-Barrier Contraception, Pregnancy and Abortion

A scoping review methodology was employed with the aim to collate findings on non-barrier contraception, pregnancies, and abortion amongst WSS in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA)....

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Frequently Asked Questions: UNFPA and the Climate Crisis

Climate change is a major threat to the vision of people-centred sustainable development. It multiplies existing health vulnerabilities, through its impact on equitable a...

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Recommendations: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Climate Action

The climate crisis negatively impacts sexual and reproductive health, and the ability to realize fundamental human rights. Read UNFPA's recommendations on achieving&n...

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