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"Life or death is a political decision."
Poster of the International Parliamentarians' Conference, Bangkok, November 2002
"Life or death is a political decision", reads this poster from the International Parliamentarians' Conference in Ottawa, Canada. At the conference, elected representatives from 72 countries and territories pledged to save lives by striving to allocate up to 10 per cent of their nations' development budgets for population and reproductive health programmes. This poster asks if your government has made the same committment.
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"Three Ones" in Action
Where We are and Where We Go From Here
This document articulates the "Three Ones" principles for strengthening national AIDS responses at country level, achieving the most effective and efficient use of resources, and ensuring rapid action and results-based management. The three ones are: one agreed HIV/AIDS Action Framework that provides the basis for coordinating the work of all partners, one National AIDS Coordinating Authority, with a broad-based multisectoral mandate, and one agreed country-level Monitoring and Evaluation System.
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1,000,000,000 adolescents are about to enter their reproductive years
Poster for World Population Day 2003
More than 1 billion young people are between the ages of 15 and 24. They need supportive relationships and respect. In return, the world needs their active participation.
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2004 Campaign to End Fistula Annual Report
In 2003, UNFPA launched the Campaign to End Fistula in collaboration with a wide range of partners. The six sections of this report provide a comprehensive overview of the country and global level Campaign activities that occurred during the 2004 calendar year.
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24 Tips for Culturally Sensitive Programming
Guide to Working from Within
This booklet, a companion to the publication
Working from Within , colorfully presents 24 tips, one per page, for culturally sensitive programming, based on research carried out by UNFPA.
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A Guide to Tools for Assessments in Sexual and Reproductive Health
This guide provides clear and concise information on the strengths and limitations of some of the most commonly used methodologies for making assessments in sexual and reproductive health. We have tried to make it user-friendly for the busy programme manager. The guide can be read as a whole, but also can be used to look at certain methodologies and find information on specific characteristics of a single methodology.
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A Holistic Approach to the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Female Genital Mutilation, also called female genital cutting, is a reproductive health and human rights concern, with devastating short and long term impacts on the lives of women and girls. The practice touches every aspect of the mandate of UNFPA, including reproductive health and rights, gender equality and women's empowerment as well as adolescent reproductive health.
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A Human Rights-Based Approach to Programming
Practical Information and Training Materials
This Manual, produced through a collaboration between UNFPA and the Harvard School of Public Health, provides step-by-step guidance on how to apply a culturally sensitive, gender-responsive, human rights-based approach to programming in each of UNFPA’s three core areas of work: population and development, reproductive health, and gender. It also covers how to apply such an approach in the context of a humanitarian emergency. An accompanying set of Training Materials are also available for download.
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A Practical Approach to Gender-Based Violence
A Programme Guide for Health Care Providers and Managers
This publication contains practical steps needed to integrate measures on gender based violence into reproductive health facilities. It is also meant to help a wider range of readers to understand the connections between reproductive and sexual health and violence. While the Programme Guide is targeting primarily health service providers, it can also be used as a reference guide for advocacy purposes or to undertake other activities in this area.
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A Review of Processes and Lessons Learned
Initiating the Multi-Stakeholder Joint Programme on Violence Against Women
This compendium documents the key processes involved in initiating multi-stakeholder joint programming on violence against women. It culls interim lessons from 10 pilot countries. Initiated by the Inter-agency Task Force on Violence against Women, the report provides a pragmatic overview of using joint programming as an approach to maximize results and sustainability. It aims to provide guidance for in-country stakeholders (UNCTs, government and civil society) that are commencing similar multi-stakeholder joint programmes in countries globally.
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