News

Honduras television drama shines light on teen pregnancy, helps girls speak out

A scene from Es Cosa D-2 shows the struggles of adolescent girls in Honduras. © UNFPA Honduras

04 November 2020

News

Three things you need to know about contraceptives and COVID-19

Voluntary family planning is a public health and human rights imperative. Image from Unsplash/RHSupplies

25 September 2020

Publication

The State of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Publication date: 01 Dec 2019

Author: Mengjia Liang, Sandile Simelane, Guillem Fortuny Fillo, Satvika Chalasani, Katherine Weny, Pablo Salazar Canelos, Lorna Jenkins, Ann-Beth Moller, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Lale Say, Kristien Michielsen, Danielle Marie Claire Engel, Rachel Snow

News

Eswatini SMS service helps women access family planning, food amid pandemic

Midwife Margaret Thwala-Tembe says her clinic has seen a decline in women receiving antenatal and safe delivery services. © UNFPA Eswatini

30 July 2020

Resources

Ghana: UNFPA’S Multicountry Programme on Out-of-School Reproductive Health Education: Country Cases

Resource date: 2019

Author: Rose Khonje, Johanna Blanco, Zahrasadat Mirniam, Meron Negussie, Adjoa Yenyi, Maria Bakaroudis, Virginia Camacho, Josephine Sauvarin, Ilya Zhukov, Petar Mladenov, Bente Faugli

Publisher: UNFPA

The Country Cases Series are developed within UNFPA's project “Out-of-School Comprehensive sexuality education for those left furthest behind” in Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran and Malawi, with the financial support of Norway. They show some key highlights from the implementation of the Programme at regional/country level and present good practices and lessons learned in reaching young people from left behind populations.

News

Ride-hailing app delivers contraceptives to users’ doorsteps

The SafeBoda ride hailing app can now be used to order essential reproductive health supplies. © SafeBoda

17 July 2020

Resources

UNFPA Supplies Annual Report 2019: Reporting on the Performance Monitoring Framework

Resource date: Jun 2020

Annual Report

UNFPA Supplies Annual Report 2019

Highlights of Key Progress

Number of pages: 54

Publication date: 30 Jun 2020

Author: UNFPA

News

Meeting family planning needs in Nepal’s quarantine centres

Kabita Bhandari gives an information session about family planning to men staying at a quarantine centre in Baitadi District. © UNFPA Nepal

23 June 2020

State of World Population

State of World Population 2020

Defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality

Number of pages: 160

Publication date: 30 Jun 2020

Author: UNFPA

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