UNITED NATIONS, New York, 17 October 2017--Unless inequality is urgently tackled and the poorest women empowered to make their own decisions about their lives, countries could face unrest and threats to peace and development, according the The State of World Population 2017, published today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
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The State of World Population 2017
No. of pages : 136
Publication date : 17/10/2017
Author : United Nations Population Fund
The State of World Population 2017
Unchecked inequality, failure to protect the rights of poorest women could threaten unrest, undermine peace and world’s development goals, new UNFPA report warns
• Only about half of the world’s women hold paid jobs
• Globally, women earn 77 per cent of what men get
• Three in five women worldwide lack maternity leave, many pay “motherhood penalty”
Adolescent girls from our project on Empowering adolescent girls with information and skills being implemented by SNEHA
"Realizing aspirations of the adolescent girls through art and one to one interaction with Senior officials" was the core focus for the International Day of the Girl Child observed at Jaipur, Rajasthan by the Directorate of Women Empowerment , Department of Women and Child Development in partnership with UNFPA and UNICEF.
Country Programme Document - Sri Lanka (2018-2022)
No. of pages : 7
Publication date : 13/10/2017
Author : UNFPA
The Country Programme Document outlines the United Nations Population Fund's mandate and scope of work for the five year period from 2018-2022.
The document has been cleared by the Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs.
Girls today enjoy better life prospects than previous generations in many ways. Prosperity and nutrition are improving, child marriage and teenage pregnancy are declining, and female educational attainment and participation in the labour force are on the rise.
However, these advances are far from universal and are increasingly tenuous in many parts of the world. The poorest—particularly girls—are often left behind, their rights undermined.
UNFPA Afghanistan Newsletter Volume II Issue I 2017
No. of pages : 7
Publisher : UNFPA Afghanistan
Publication date : 20/09/2017
Author : UNFPA Afghanistan
UNFPA is the United Nations agency which leads global efforts to help ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.
As part of the workshop held with our Change Agents in Kalwa (Thane, Maharashtra), SNEHA team working with adolescent girls supported by UNFPA India conducted a safety audit exercise with 36 participants on 16th September, 2017.
An energizer exercise was conducted with the girls, who were asked to enact scenes from within the community, with alcohol shops, tea stalls, toilets, cigarette shops. They were then asked to talk about how and why they felt unsafe in these kinds of spaces.
Country Programme in China
UNFPA started working with the Chinese Government in 1979. The launching of UNFPA’s first Country Programme in China marked the first time that the Chinese Government received assistance from any international agency in relation to population issues.
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