jeu., 9 sept. 2010 16:56:22 +0000 jeu., 9 sept. 2010 16:56:22 +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/6435 The Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting is currently being implemented in 12 countries: Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda. The annual report highlights some of the achievements, challenges as well as best practices for the abandonment of FGM/C and emphasizes the importance of continued partnerships with governments, media, civil society organizations and religious leaders. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/6479   UNFPA has been tracking donor support for contraceptives and condoms for STI/HIV prevention since 1990. This annual report is intended to enhance coordination among partners at all levels and to continue progress toward universal access to sexual and reproductive health, as set forth in the ICPD Programme of Action and, subsequently, the Millennium Development Goals. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/6090 This annual report presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the MDGs. With just 5 years remaining to meet the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, the report warns that despite many successes, overall progress has been too slow for most of the targets to be met. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/5148   This report present s the methodologies used to produce updated and improved global estimates of the resource requirements to achieve the objectives of the ICPD and MDGs, taking the estimates developed in 1994 as the departure point. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/6437 Each year, more countries are establishing reproductive health commodity security  as an integral and permanent component of the overall health sector plan and a key strategy in reducing maternal and newborn death and preventing the spread of HIV. Since 2007, the Thematic Fund for Reproductive Health Commodity Security has helped UNFPA work sy... http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/6478 This global strategy against medicalization of FGM has been developed in collaboration with key stakeholders, including UN organizations and health-care professional bodies, national governments and NGOs. The strategy is intended for a broad audience of policy-makers in governments, parliamentarians, international agencies, professional association... http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/4778 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. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/4770 This brochure reflects a consensus of 40 international experts who convened in New York on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development. Together they reviewed evidence and developed recommendations on how to reduce inequities in access to family planning and other sexual and reproductive health services, particularly for disadvantaged populations. These actions are urgently needed to accelerate progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.   http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/4909 UNFPA and partners have been working in coordination and concert to address the 12 Areas of Critical Concern endorsed at the Fourth World Conference on Women. This document highlights that work and progress made. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/6423 UNFPA's Maternal Health Thematic Fund, initiated in early 2008, represent a focused effort to accelerate progress towards saving women's lives and achieving universal access to reproductive health, as outlined in Millennium Development Goal 5. This report outlines the activities, results and achievements from 2009 and looks ahead at future challenges. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/4919 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. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/4968 In recent years, there has been increased recognition that reducing maternal mortality is not just an issue of development, but also an issue of human rights. Preventable maternal mortality occurs where there is a failure to give effect to the rights of women to health, equality and non-discrimination. Preventable maternal mortality also often represents a violation of a woman’s right to life. http://unfpa.dexero.com/public/home/publications/pid/6566 This updated compilation of country-specific data, which is also available online, provides information that can be helpful in building the case for increased resources for reproductive health. Each profile includes more than 100 indicators on health and development, as well as an overview of the country context. The range of indicators reflects ... 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/1913 This is the second volume in a series that documents best practices in preventing and responding to violence against women. These eight case studies feature initiatives from Algeria, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, implemented by governments and other partners with support from UNFPA. They can inform efforts on ending violence against women, which is both a human rights violation and a public health concern.