An estimated 121 million pregnancies per year take place in the bodies of women who did not choose pregnancy or motherhood, who were not planning to have a child at that time, with that partner, in those circumstances. Nothing is more fundamental to bodily autonomy than the ability to decide whether or not to become pregnant. Yet for too many, the most life-altering reproductive choice is no choice at all.

This year’s report makes the case for a world in which each individual is free to choose their reproductive future in a world of 8 billion.

2022 was a “year of extremes” but UNFPA rose to the challenge despite these multiple and overlapping crises.