News

Ninety per cent of Sri Lankan women endure sexual harassment on public transport, UNFPA study shows

08 March 2017
Sexual harassment is rampant on Sri Lanka's public transport system, with far-reaching effects on their jobs, educations and lives. © UNFPA Sri Lanka
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Publications

Delivering Supplies When Crisis Strikes

Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings

Number of pages: 64

Publication date: 12 November 2018

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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News

“I had no idea what was happening” – Menstrual health needs surge for refugees

05 November 2018
During conflict, the most intimate – and taboo – health needs of women and girls are often overlooked. Marie Anny, 13, is one of 7,000 women and girls of reproductive age in Angola's Lóvua refugee settlement. © UNFPA Angola
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News

Five things you didn’t know about disability and sexual violence

30 October 2018
Young people with disabilities face staggering rights violations, including being cut off from education and health care, and subjected to sexual violence. © UNFPA/Théodore Somda
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News

Five actions for choice

16 October 2018
No country – regardless of income level or political system – has yet made reproductive rights a reality for all. © UNFPA/Egor Dubrovsky
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Publications

State of World Population 2018

Number of pages: 158

Publication date: 17 October 2018

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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Publications

Manual on Social Norms and Change (2016)

Number of pages: 24

Publication date: 02 June 2016

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF

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Statement

Ending Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex People

29 September 2015
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April 6, 2017

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Empowering women and girls requires renewed efforts to end violence and harmful practices

21 November 2016

This is 2016 and yet one in three women worldwide still experiences or has experienced some form of physical or sexual violence, usually perpetrated by someone she knows. Moreover, millions of women and girls have been subjected to other forms of violence and harmful practices, such as female genital mutilation, which affect an estimated 200 million women and girls, or child marriage, with one in three girls in developing countries being married off before the age of 18.

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