Our mission: the three transformative results
UNFPA’s mission is achieving three zeros: zero preventable maternal death, zero unmet need for family planning and zero gender-based violence and harmful practices by 2030.
UNFPA’s mission is achieving three zeros: zero preventable maternal death, zero unmet need for family planning and zero gender-based violence and harmful practices by 2030.
Demographic changes – such as in the number, age composition and spatial distribution of the population – are one of the...
The population and housing census is among the most complex and massive peacetime exercises a nation can undertake. It r...
Millions of people are born, married and die without leaving a trace of their existence in official legal records. The W...
From changing temperatures to strengthening storms and rising sea levels, the effects of climate change are impacting al...
Today’s generation of adolescents and young people is the largest the world has ever seen. The planet is now home to mor...
Leave no one behind. This is a guiding principle of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It calls for eradica...
At UNFPA, we are committed to advancing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of persons with disabilities, part...
Gender equality cannot be achieved without the involvement of men and boys. Change is slowly taking place, and men are i...
In the matter of LGBTQIA+ rights, we started behind – it wasn’t until 1990 that homosexuality was declassified as a ment...
Gender equality is the principle that all people are free to develop their abilities and make life choices – without the...
Sexual health is a precursor to reproductive health. Unfortunately, hundreds of millions of people are infected with cur...
It is every person’s human right to have access to inclusive and comprehensive sexuality education, to freely choose the...
Each day, some 800 million people between the ages of 15 - 49 are menstruating. Yet for so many, a natural biological pr...
Building peace through inclusion, equality and opportunityPeace involves far more than preventing conflict. It is achiev...
When disaster strikes, UNFPA is on the ground delivering sexual and reproductive health care and life-saving services and protection to women and girls at their most vulnerable.