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My Body Is My Own
We have the inherent right to choose what we do with our body, to ensure its protection and care, to pursue its expression. The quality of our lives depends on it. In fact, our lives themselves depend on it.
Against My Will
Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are subjected to practices that harm them physically or psychologically, or both, with the full knowledge and consent of their families, friends and communities.
UNFPA South Africa response to Covid-19
The onset of the novel coronavirus invoked sweeping emergency measures in South Africa
Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action
COVID-19: Working with and for young people
United Nations in South Africa launches Emergency Flash Appeal for the Impact of COVID-19
On 30 April 2020, the United Nations in South Africa launched a US$136 million (R2.5 billion) emergency appeal to assist up to 10 million people in vulnerable communities facing various risks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the areas of health, water and sanitation, food security and gender-based violence, among others.
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Preparedness and Response: Adolescents and Young People
Adolescents and Young People & Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Preparedness and Response: Gender Equality and Addressing Gender-based Violence (GBV)
Gender Equality and Addressing Gender-based Violence (GBV) and
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Prevention, Protection and Response.
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Preparedness and Response: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Maternal and Newborn Health & COVID-19
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Maternal and Newborn Health &
COVID-19
COVID19- A Gender Lens Guidance Note
Protecting Sexual and Reprodutive Health and Rights and Promotin Gender Equality
State of World Population 2019
Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide whom and when to marry, and when or whether to have children.
A worldwide movement to give women real choices in life culminated in the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), where a consensus was reached about the links between women’s empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, and rights and sustainable development.