Human rights & gender equality
Statement
Break the silence!
17 May 20201
Resources
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender-based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage
Resource date: 27 April 2020
Author: UNFPA, with contributions from Avenir Health, Johns Hopkins University (USA) and Victoria University (Australia)
Publisher: UNFPA
UNFPA aims to achieve three world-changing results by 2030, the deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. These are: Ending unmet need for family planning, ending gender-based violence including harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and child marriage, and ending all preventable maternal deaths. COVID-19 pandemic could critically undermine progress made towards achieving these goals.
Speech
Statement of the Executive Director to the 1st Regular Session 2020 of the Executive Board
05 February 20201
Statement
Youth Standing up for Human Rights
10 December 20191
Publications
Icons & Activists: 50 years of people making change
Number of pages: 240
Publication date: 14 November 2019
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of UNFPA and the 25th of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, this book showcases the "change makers" who have made substantial contributions to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and population and development more broadly. The purpose of this book is to give some sense of how much has been achieved through the efforts of so many - and perhaps to offer inspiration for the future.
Speech
The peoples’ movements: demographic change and women’s rights in the Caribbean
04 October 20191
Speech
Statement of the Executive Director to the 2nd Regular Session of the Executive Board 2019
05 September 20191