Sana’a, Yemen, 11 July 2016 – Today, on World Population Day, UNFPA, the United Nations Population is highlighting the situation of teenage girls in Yemen and around the world; and the importance of empowering them and allowing them to participate in the development of their societies.
Child marriage
BAITADI — Whenever parents take a cheena (a birth chart made as per the Hindu astrological calendar) of their children to Dev Dutta Bhatta, at first glance the astrologer-cum-priest makes sure he has his eyes on the birth year. “Any oversight on my part can destroy the lives of adolescent girls,” says the 66-year-old from far-western Nepal dressed in the traditional clothes – a cream kurta suruwal (a collarless shirt and trousers) and a black peaked Nepali cap and singing Hindu hymns.
UNFPA Annual Report 2015
No. of pages : 64
Publication date : 27/09/2016
Author : UNFPA
PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The new development agenda and evolving funding dynamic call for new thinking, new partnerships and new ways of doing business. While our current financial situation, at least for now, may not allow us to do more, we can endeavour to do better—and we will.
In 2015, we sought ways to secure more predictable and stable funding while continuing efforts towards innovation, both in our operations and programme delivery, as a means of achieving greater efficiency, greater results and greater impact.
Kabul, 05 September, 2016. Deputy Ministry of Youth Affairs and Ministry of Women Affairs, with the Technical Support of UNFPA organized a One-Day consensus-building workshop for the endorsement of the National Action Plan for Elimination of Early and Child Marriage in Afghanistan. The workshop took place at the GIMC.
About us
The UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, promotes gender equality, reproductive health, youth empowerment. The organization was created in 1969, the same year the UN General Assembly declared “parents have the exclusive right to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children”. Together with partners, UNFPA works in 150 countries, and in Ukraine since 1997.
Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
Principles:
We lead with a purpose
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UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, celebrates International Youth Day by reaffirming and recognizing the central role of young people in promoting the well-being of their families, communities and nations. This year’s theme, “The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Production and Consumption,” couldn’t be more relevant and timely.
United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF)
No. of pages : 98
Publication date : 25/08/2011
Author : UNFPA
This UNDAF has been prepared by the United Nations Country Team in Bosnia and Herzegovina in consultation with the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other partners, with the aim of improving the lives of the people of BiH, and particularly the most vulnerable
Four main goals have been identified that will set the direction and scope of action of UN system development assistance in the next five years. These are:
UNFPA GCC Newsletter
No. of pages : 8
Publisher : UNFPA GCC
Publication date : 17/07/2016
Author : UNFPA GCC
UNFPA GCC April-June 2016 highlights some important topics, including UNFPA recent activities in Oman and the region including UNFPA/WHO Joint Action Programme with MoH-Oman, and UNFPA GCC remarkable visit to the Girls House in Al-Buraimi governorate in Oman, in addition to our recent agreement of co-operation with the National Youth Commission in the country. On regional level, the newsletter highlights UNFPA participation in the Arab conference on the role of civil society in the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. The newsletter also conveys the statement made by Dr.
The Qualitative Study on Assessing Supply Side Constraints Affecting the Quality of Adolescent Friendly Health Services and the Barriers for Service Utilization in Nepal
No. of pages : 112
Publication date : 30/01/2015
Author : FHD, UNFPA Nepal, CREHPA
This study explores the supply and demand side barriers impacting on access to and utilization of adolescent-friendly health services (AFHS) by adolescent boys and girls aged 10-19 years across diverse socio-cultural and geographical settings in Nepal. This is a qualitative study conducted in 12 districts of the country. It was carried out under the leadership of the Family Health Division with technical and financial support of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. An international consultant supported by UNICEF provided technical inputs while producing this report.
Saba’s smile can brighten a whole room, or the caravan that she shares with her family in Zaatari camp for refugees in Jordan. The 16 year old dynamic Syrian young woman lives in the camp with her mother and four siblings. Her father is in Syria.
