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Child bride, mother of seven, refugee and, today, an independent woman

“I was only 12 years old when I got married to my 25-year-old cousin,” Najma*, from a Syria, told UNFPA recently.

Publications

UNFPA Annual Report 2018

In 2018, we at UNFPA set in motion a strategic effort, based on quality data, to achieve three zeros by 2030: zero...

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Beauty for the brave: Abuse survivors learn to make it on their own

Not long ago, Olena* feared for her life and for her children. But then she found the courage to start a new life.

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Fighting for girls’ right to say no to child marriage in South Sudan

Helen Poni hopes her decision to not become a child bride and pursue a career inspires other girls.

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5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls

Girls and women who undergo FGM face a range of serious health risks – from potentially fatal bleeding to childbirth...

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Marta Paula, from Guinea-Bissau, was hospitalized when she gave birth at 13. Doctors were worried she might die. Today, she calls for young people to have access to family planning. © UNFPA/I. Barbosa

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Vast numbers of women lack decision-making power over their own bodies, says UNFPA flagship report

Across 51 countries, only 57 per cent of women who are married or in a relationship are able to make their own choices...

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Conference

Nairobi Summit

From 12-14 November, UNFPA and the Government of Kenya are convening the Nairobi Summit, a high-level conference to...

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UNFPA Transformative Results

END MATERNAL DEATH

Since 1990, maternal death has declined by 44 per cent. Still, some 830 women...Read more

Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births

Actual
UNFPA vision
SDG Target

Assuming all the maternal deaths are preventable

END UNMET NEED FOR FAMILY PLANNING

Family planning is central to women’s empowerment and sustainable...Read more

Unmet need for family planning

Actual
UNFPA vision
Projection

Women with unmet need are those, aged 15-49, who are married or in a union and want to stop or delay childbearing but are not using any method of contraception

END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ALL HARMFUL PRACTICES

Violence against women and girls remains a global pandemic. One in...Read more

Ending Child Marriage

Per cent of girls married/in union before age 15

Per cent of girls married/in union after age 15 but before age 18

Actual
UNFPA vision
SDG Target

Actual
UNFPA vision
SDG Target

ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND HARMFUL PRACTICES

Violence against women and girls remains a global pandemic. One in...Read more

Global prevalence of female genital mutilation

Actual
UNFPA vision
SDG Target

ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND HARMFUL PRACTICES

Violence against women and girls remains a global pandemic. One in...Read more

Prevalence of recent intimate partner violence

UNFPA vision
SDG Target

Per cent of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months

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