Examines the practice of FGM/C and strategies employed by UNFPA and UNICEF to encourage communities to abandon it. The two agencies, working closely with governments, NGOs, religious leaders and small community groups, aim to bring about an end to the practice.
2010 World Population Day highlights the importance of data for development. The focus is on the 2010 round of the population and housing census, data analysis for development and UNFPA's lead role in population and development.
Nepal has developed an action plan to support women and girls affected by civil conflict and involve women in peacebuilding, as urged by the UN Security Council in Resolutions 1325 and 1820.
Half of all Nepali girls are married by age 18, but initiatives to change that are showing promise. This video features stories of girls denied an education by child marriage, as well as of girls who are resisting the practice.
The custom of forced isolation for menstruating women in Nepal.
examining the impact of early marriage on the lives of girls using testimonies from teenage brides and their families in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso and Yemen.
Construction of a new road from China through Laos is transforming the traditional local economies. The road has increased commerce as local women initiate a lively trade with construction workers and their merchant wives.
30 second spot on gender equality produced by the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of ICPD.
Many Burmese make the short journey to Thailand to find work. Often fishermen spend between one and two months at sea. Women have found work in fish markets, but some have ended up working as sex workers in karaoke bars.
Family Planning, Human Rights and Development