UNITED NATIONS, New York, 21 July 2017—UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is appealing for $308 million to deliver life-saving work in 2017 to support about 38 million people, including more than 5.6 million pregnant women across 56 countries in conflict or natural disasters.
Child marriage
Islamic Perspectives on Gender Based Violence
No. of pages : 158
Publisher : UNFPA
Publication date : 08/12/2016
Author : International Islamic Center Population Studies & Research Al Azhar and UNFPA
This manual focus on the Gender Based Violence as a topic to enhance gender equality between men and women in Islam.
Annual Report 2016: Millions of lives transformed
No. of pages : 23
Publication date : 31/05/2017
Author : UNFPA
Now more than ever, we must ensure that the marginalized, the forgotten—the ones often left behind—can exercise their fundamental human right to decide, free of coercion, discrimination and violence, when or how often to have children.
LIBANG, ROLPA — Khuma Sunar trekked three hours from her village to reach Libang, the district headquarters, and play a game that was previously dominated by boys in this part of the mid-western hills of Nepal. Thanks to 32 adolescent players like her, girls in Rolpa have set a good example to others that they can also play volleyball and raise their voices against child marriage through sports.
Libang (Rolpa) -- The District Coordination Committee (DCC), Rolpa, in partnership with the Women and Children Office (WCO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is organizing a friendly volleyball tournament in Libang on 14 June 2017 among adolescent girls to spread awareness about child marriage and the importance of educating girls.
UNFPA Mongolia 2016 Annual Report
No. of pages : 30
Publication date : 08/06/2017
Author : UNFPA Mongolia
UNFPA Mongolia 2016 Annual Report
Sex Ratio Imbalances and Marriage Squeeze in India: 2000–2050
No. of pages : 54
Publisher : UNFPA India
Publication date : 06/06/2017
Author : Ravinder Kaur, Surjit S. Bhalla, Manoj K. Agarwal and Prasanthi Ramakrishnan
Rapid fertility decline and availability of sex determination technologies have led to a skewed sex ratio in favour of males. This imbalance in the sex ratio at birth
impacts the marriage markets, albeit in a lagged manner, resulting in a ‘male marriage squeeze’. This paper examines the present and future trends of marriage
squeeze in India. For this purpose, an ‘original’ age-sex distribution is constructed using different data sources such as Census, NFHS, NSS, and SRS. Several methods
Sex Ratio Imbalances and Crime Rates - Technical Report
No. of pages : 40
Publisher : UNFPA India
Publication date : 06/06/2017
Author : Ravinder Kaur, Surjit S. Bhalla, Manoj K. Agarwal and Prasanthi Ramakrishnan
This paper analyzes the effect of adult sex ratio on violent crimes and crimes against women for 18 Indian states in the time period 1995–2014. Contrary to
existing literature and speculation, we obtain a negative relationship between sex ratio and crime rates for both violent crimes and crimes against women, i.e, as
the sex ratio rises to become more skewed in the favour of males, crime rates fall. A strong positive relationship is seen between crimes against women and the gap
between male and female years of education.
UNFPA in Bangladesh
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is the United Nations' sexual and reproductive health agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA has been working in partnership with the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh since 1974, providing technical and advisory services and support. Our main partners are various Government Ministries, the Parliament, United Nations Agencies, academic institutions, and civil society organizations.
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May 23 each year marks the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula: http://www.un.org/en/events/endfistuladay/
Obstetric fistula is one of the most serious and tragic injuries that can occur during childbirth.
It is a hole between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum caused by prolonged, obstructed labour without treatment.
