Human rights & gender equality
Operational Plan for UNAIDS Action Framework: Addressing Women, Girls, Gender Equality, and HIV
The Action Framework (2009) was developed in response to the pressing need to address the persistent gender inequality and human rights violations that put women and girls at greater risk and vulnerability to HIV, and threaten the gains that have been made in preventing HIV transmission and increasing access to anti-retroviral treatment.
UNFPA statement on the Nobel Peace Prize announcement
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, warmly welcomes the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Malala Yousafzai, which acknowledges Malala’s struggle to promote the rights of young girls, particularly to education. Malala’s convictions inspire young people all over the world, and her activism proves what young people can achieve once their potential is fulfilled.
UNFPA also congratulates Kailash Satyarthi for a well-deserved honour received for his long history in defending the rights of children.