ven., 18 mai 2012 17:18:37 +0000 ven., 18 mai 2012 17:18:37 +0000 http://www.unfpa.org UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA – because everyone counts. en-us serrano@unfpa.org (Alvaro Serrano) gruber@unfpa.org (Kimberly Gruber) http://www.unfpa.org/images/unfpalogoxs.gif 80 36 The world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/10046 Men need to be involved in reflective, in-depth discussions and comprehensive campaigns focused on ending violence against women. This report documents the work of one such effort, the Mobilising Men initiative, led by the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex in Britain) with support from UNFPA. Through partnerships with civil society groups in India, Kenya and Uganda beginning in 2009, th initiative trained men to be team activists in seeking gender balances. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/8825 Four reports commissioned by UNFPA offer insights into socio-cultural dynamics in Asian countries, with an emphasis on how religion influences their maternal and child health. The reports explore the main challenges that health workers are facing and provide recommendations for action. Common challenges noted include harmful traditional practices, affordability and quality of care,  and  service provider attitudes. Recommendations are aimed at increasing access to and utilization of maternal and child health services by addressing affordability, staff training, policies, information, attitudes of service providers, gender inequalities, management issues and community relations. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/9143 This report of the global meeting on Skewed Sex Ratios at Birth: Addressing the Issue and the Way Forward, held in  Viet Nam in October, provides an overview of the meeting and delves into some key trends, determinants, consequences and responses on the issue. Challenges and recommendations are also included. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/10761 This report documents progress during the third year of the Joint Programme. In 2010, the programme was implemented in Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Egypt, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda, with Eritrea, Mali and Mauritania also receiving some technical and financial assistance.   http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/10763 In  2009, the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Abandonment of FGM/C expanded activities to reach 12 of the 17 countries covered. This report document its activities. In 2009, a core feature of the programme’s implementation was the fostering of partnerships: with government authorities both at the local and national levels, religious authorities and local religious leaders, the media, civil society organizations of women and in the education and reproductive health sectors. In 2009, these partnerships have served to disseminate knowledge, empower communities and foster an enabling environment for collective social change towards a shift in the FGM/C social norm. By mainstreaming FGM/C into the reproductive health sector, the programme has also contributed to an improvement in the wellbeing of girls and women already subjected to FGM/C.   http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/4974 This publication reports on the Second United Nations Inter-agency Meeting on Engagement with Faith-based Organizations hosted by UNFPA in New York on 5 August 2009. The meeting brought together representatives of the United Nations agencies and bodies who have prior experience and continue to work with faith-based organizations, to update each other on respective developments with faith-based partnerships since the first Inter-agency Consultation in July 2008. The participants also reflected on the preceding two-day Policy Roundtable with international FBOs and discussed future scenarios of inter-agency collaboration on FBO engagement. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/1294 UNFPA and UNICEF are working  towards  accelerated abandonment of female genital mutilation/ cutting within 17 countries by 2012. The focus of this joint funding proposal is to leverage social dynamics towards abandonment within selected communities that practice FGM/C. The main strategic approach is to gain the support of an initial core group, which decides to abandon FGM/C and mobilises a sufficient number of people to facilitate a tipping point and thereby create a rapid social shift of the cutting social convention norm. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/10764 This is the first annual report of the Joint Programme, whose objective is to contribute to a 40 per cent reduction of the practice among girls aged 0-15 years, in key countries, with at least one country declared free of FGM/C by 2012. Although it aims to cover 17 countries where female genital cutting/mutilation is most prevalent, in 2008, the programme addressed the issue in eight countries key countries: Djibouti, Egypt,  Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya,Senegal and Sudan. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/4106 This interactive workshop manual is intended for training UNFPA and other UN-related development practitioners on the basics of how to communicate, negotiate and mediate about culturally sensitive issues. It includes an important programming tool - the Culture Lens - developed by UNFPA, as well as discussion of how it relates to international development goals, and how it can be applied. It also includes case studies from different national contexts and articles/reference documents related to culture. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/2188 This publication contains rich research findings concerning global trends and the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting and its linkages with maternal and newborn health. It describes changing patterns and practices, including medicalization, and analyzes the threat FGM/C poses to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals as well as its economic and health costs. It identifies important lessons and discusses in detail case studies as well as the application of theories as a basis for accelerating the abandonment process. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/4501 This report reflects on lessons learned, issues and best practices based on the UNFPA Global Forum on Faith-based Organizations for Population and Development (Istanbul 2008). The discussions, recommendations for action and voices of critical faith-based actors, are also documented. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/1352 This publication reports on the inter-agency consultation hosted by UNFPA in July 2008. The meeting brought together representatives from various United Nations agencies that have some experience and insight regarding programming with faith-based organizations (defined as religious and religion-based groups or congregations, specialized religious institutions, and registered or unregistered non-profit institutions that have a faith-based character or mission, including spiritual organizations). http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/1975 This publication, launched on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, contains six case studies - from Colombia, Ecuador, Nepal, the Philippines, Turkey and the United Republic of Tanzania - highlighting national initiatives to promote and protect human rights. The initiatives, supported by UNFPA, illustrate how gender, women's empowerment and cultural issues are being addressed. The purpose is to highlight some of the good work that is being done, and provide guidance and concrete examples of how to integrate human rights standards and principles - such as participation, accountability and non-discrimination - into the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/1353 This publication maps partnerships between UNFPA and faith-based organizations in the areas of population and development, including human rights, reproductive health, women's empowerment, adolescents and youth, humanitarian assistance, and HIV and AIDS. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/1383 This Youth Supplement to UNFPA's State of the World Population 2008 focuses on the interactions among culture, gender and human rights and the critical importance of culturally sensitive approaches for effective development policies and programmes. The report, which is the third in a series, addresses culture as it shapes and nurtures the lives of young people and shows how young people develop their own subcultures, which are often different from and may conflict with the dominant culture. The youth report points out the value to young people of protecting the culture in which they grew up, but it also speaks on behalf of their right to embrace their own cultures in their own ways.