UNFPA Strategy for the 2020 Round of Population & Housing Censuses (2015-2024)
The census is among the most complex and massive peacetime exercises a nation undertakes. It requires mapping the entire country, mobilizing and…
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165 million reasons - A call for investment in adolescents and youth in Latin America and the Caribbean
Today’s adolescents and youth are members of the largest cohort of young people in history. In Latin America and the Caribbean, they will no…
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UNFPA Annual Report 2018
In 2018, we at UNFPA set in motion a strategic effort, based on quality data, to achieve three zeros by 2030: zero unmet need for contraception; zero…
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Policy responses to low fertility: How effective are they?
In the last three decades sub-replacement fertility has spread around the world. One half of the global population today lives in countries where the…
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Recommendations of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights & Gender-based Violence
This report presents an analysis of the recommendations made by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) on the issues of…
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State of World Population 2019
Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide whom and…
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Fulfilling the ICPD Promise
This report, marking 25 years since the Conference held in Cairo, celebrates the progress made and highlights the gaps in the implementation of the…
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A Guide in Support of National Human Rights Institutions
This Guide provides a conceptual and methodological framework for National Human Rights Institutions conducting country assessments and public…
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The Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Case Studies on Strengthening Midwifery Services to Avert Maternal and Newborn Deaths
These three midwifery case studies from Bangladesh, Ethiopia and South Sudan document the significant catalytic impact the Maternal Health Thematic…
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