Annual Report

UNFPA 2006 Annual Report The UNFPA Annual Report 2006 highlights UNFPA’s efforts throughout the year assisting 154 developing and transition countries and territories to empower women and men to make the choices necessary to improve their lives, improve reproductive and sexual health, reduce maternal death, promote HIV prevention, address unmet needs for family planning, advance effective population policies and alleviate poverty.

UNFPA 2005 Annual Report The UNFPA Annual Report 2005 showcases efforts by Fund to improve reproductive health, ensure safe motherhood, address population issues, prevent HIV and help people in crises. The report highlights examples of UNFPA's work in each of these fields--demonstrating how it is making a difference in the lives of individuals and families in every region of the world. It also presents facts and figures about our work, including details of the contributions that UNFPA received from a record 172 donor countries in 2005, and on the kinds of projects that are supported by this generous funding.

Declarations and Statements

Call to Action: Towards an HIV-free and AIDS-free generation Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) High Level Global Partners Forum, Abuja, Nigeria, December 3, 2005 Representatives of Governments, multilateral agencies, development partners, research institutions, civil society and people living with HIV, assembled as a matter of urgency at the PMTCT High Level Global Partners Forum in Abuja, Nigeria, December 1-3, 2005 to take stock and accelerate action to address the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Suzhou Declaration Investing in Population and Reproductive Health Programmes For the Well-Being of All This declaration was adopted at the International Symposium on Official Development Assistance for Population and Development, held in Suzhou, China from 26 to 28 October 2005.

ICPD Programme of Action Also known as "The Cairo Consensus" The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) articulated a bold new vision about the relationships between population, development and individual well-being. At the ICPD, 179 countries adopted a forward-looking, 20-year Programme of Action (PoA) that built on the success of the population, maternal health and family planning programmes of the previous decades while addressing, with a new perspective, the need of the early years of the twenty-first century.

General Information and Advocacy

Culture Matters Lessons from a Legacy of Engaging Faith-based Organizations 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.

Financing the ICPD Programme of Action (2007) Data for 2005 and Estimates for 2006/2007 This brochure provides a brief overview of where the international community stands in terms of financing ICPD after Cairo. It answers such questions as: Why fund population activities? What will it take to achieve the ICPD objectives? Where are we now? Who funds population activities? Where is the money going? Which countries benefit most from assistance? How much are countries mobilizing themselves? How much do we need in the years ahead? The brochure can be used to advocate for the mobilization of resources necessary to implement the Cairo agenda.

Who We Are This brochure provides a brief introduction to UNFPA and its efforts to ensure that every child is wanted, every pregnancy is safe, every young person is free of HIV and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.

Beijing at Ten: UNFPA's Commitment to the Platform of Action This publication, launched at the start of the Beijing at 10 review, highlights what UNFPA has done and is doing to support governments and civil society in each of the 12 critical areas of the Beijing Platform for Action.

World Reaffirms Cairo: Official Outcomes of the ICPD at Ten Review UNFPA, in cooperation with the relevant agencies, published in early 2005 a compendium of the official outcomes of the ICPD at Ten, entitled "The World Reaffirms Cairo: Official Outcomes of the ICPD at Ten Review". The volume contains, in multiple languages as relevant, the declarations, resolutions, and action plan from the official reports of the review meetings of the UN Regional Commissions and the Commission on Population and Development, held between 2002-2004.

Adding it Up The Benefits of Investing In Sexual and Reproductive Health Care This new report jointly published by The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, makes the case for increased funding for sexual and reproductive health services-particularly in resource-poor countries-by illustrating the unusually broad societal and individual impact of investments in sexual and reproductive health.

Population, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals How the ICPD Programme of Action Promotes Poverty Alleviation and Human Rights This publication highlights the importance of the ICPD Programme of Action, the "Cairo+5" discussions and subsequent experience and agreements as we mobilize to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

State of World Population

State of World Population 2006 A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration Today, half of all international migrants—95 million—are women and girls. Yet, despite substantial contributions to both their families at home and communities abroad, the needs of migrant women continue to be overlooked and ignored. The State of World Population 2006 report, A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration, examines the scope and breadth of female migration, the impact of the funds they send home to support families and communities, and their disproportionate vulnerability to trafficking, exploitation and abuse. The report reveals that although migrant women contribute billions of dollars in cash and services, policymakers continue to disregard both their contributions and their vulnerability—even though female migrants tend to send a much higher proportion of their lower earnings back home than their male counterparts.

State of World Population 2005 The Promise of Equality: Gender Equity, Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals How do we improve the lives of the nearly 3 billion individuals living on less than two dollars a day? How can we enable all individuals — male and female, young and old — to protect themselves from HIV? To save the lives of more than 500,000 women who die each year in childbirth? What will it take to show young people living in poverty that they have a stake in development and a hope for the future?

State of World Population 2004 The Cairo Consensus at Ten: Population, Reproductive Health and The Global Effort to End Poverty This year's report, The Cairo Consensus at Ten: Population, Reproductive Health and the Global Effort to End Poverty, examines the progress countries have made and the obstacles they have encountered at the halfway point in implementing the ICPD plan.

State of World Population 2002 People, Poverty and Possibilities Attacking poverty directly, as a matter of human rights, to accelerate development and to reduce inequality within and among nations, has become an urgent global priority. World leaders have agreed on a variety of new initiatives, including the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This year's State of the World Population report is a contribution to the discussion and a guide to action. This publication characterizes poverty by reviewing its many dimensions and looks at several of the key issues including, poverty and gender, poverty and health and poverty and education. It outlines a framework and provides recommendations to meet the poverty eradication goal of reducing the number of poor in half, by 2015. This publication comes complete with expert analysis, prescriptions for the future and a wealth of statistics, graphs and indicators. HTML Version | English | Español | Français | View the Press Kit

State of World Population 2001 Footprints and Milestones: Population and Environmental Change. Human activity is altering the planet on an unprecedented scale, the report points out. More people are using more resources with more intensity and leaving a bigger "footprint" on the earth than ever before. The report examines the close links between environmental conditions, population trends, and prospects for alleviating poverty in developing countries. It finds that expanding women's opportunities and ensuring their reproductive health and rights are critically important, both to improve the well-being of growing human populations and to protect the natural world. HTML Version | English | Español | Français |

Technical Publications

Eliminating Female genital mutilation An interagency statement This Statement is a call to all States, international and national organizations, civil society and communities to uphold the rights of girls and women. It also calls on those bodies and communities to develop, strengthen, and support specific and concrete actions directed towards ending female genital mutilation.

HIV Prevention for Girls and Young Women Report Cards These Report Cards are advocacy tools aimed at increasing and improving the programmatic, policy and funding actions taken on HIV prevention for girls and young women. Their key audiences are national, regional and international policy and decision-makers, and service providers.

Cairo to 2015: The Road to Success 2006 Global Survey Women's empowerment, HIV/AIDS, and reproductive health and rights are at the top of global parliamentarians list of priorities according to this report, which summarizes the findings of a global survey of parliamentarians undertaken in 2006. In total 322 parliamentarians took part, including respondents from the European Parliament as well as 85 developing and 18 donor countries. UNFPA collaborated with the Harvard School of Public Health and the four regional parliamentary groups on Population and Development to compile the survey. It documents the important progress parliamentarians have made since the ICPD, highlights the obstacles that must be conquered, and provides a clearer picture of the road ahead.

Millennium Development Goals Report The Millennium Declaration set 2015 as the target date for achieving most of the goals associated with it. This report, issued midway through the 15-year period for accomplishment of the Millennium Development Goals, presents the most comprehensive global assessment of progress to date, based on a set of data prepared by a large number of international organizations within and outside the United Nations system, including UNFPA.

Female Migrants: Bridging the Gaps Throughout the Life Cycle Selected Papers of the UNFPA-IOM Expert Group Meeting, New York, 2-3 May 2006 Women make up nearly half of all migrants, an estimated 95 million of 191 million people living outside their countries of origin in 2005. Migration can be beneficial, both for women and for the countries which send and receive them. However, comparing to men, women have fewer opportunities for legal migration and are more vulnerable to violence and exploitation, and their needs for health care and other services are less likely to be met. This publication is a compilation of technical reports by independent experts and representatives from governments, international agencies and NGOs, addressing the needs, challenges, opportunities and rights of female migrants.

Glion Consultation on Strengthening the Linkages between Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS: Family Planning and HIV/AIDS in Women and Children There is a key programmatic linkage between family planning and the prevention of HIV in women and children.This was the focus of a high-level consultation convened by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Glion, Switzerland, in May 2004.

Keeping the Promise: An Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS AIDS is affecting women and girls in increasing numbers. Globally, women comprise almost 50% of the people living with HIV. Nearly 25 years into the epidemic, gender inequality and the low status of women remain two of the principal drivers of HIV. Yet, current AIDS responses do not, on the whole, tackle the social, cultural and economic factors that put women at risk of HIV, and that unduly burden them with the epidemic's consequences.

Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women Living with HIV/AIDS Guidelines on care, treatment and support for women living with HIV/AIDS and their children in resource-constrained settings The sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV/AIDS is fundamental to their well-being and that of their partners and children. This publication addresses the specific sexual and reproductive health needs of women living with HIV/AIDS and contains recommendations for counselling, antiretroviral therapy, care and other interventions.

Women on the Move An expert group meeting on "Female Migrants: Bridging the gaps throughout the life cycle" was organized in May 2006 by UNFPA and IOM in light of the opportunity to highlight the issue of female migrants at the High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development organized in September 2006. The brochure gives a summary of the recommendations and conclusions from the meeting.

Case for Investing in Young People As part of a National Poverty Reduction Strategy This paper focuses on national efforts to reduce poverty and presents seven arguments for why national public policy makers should give more attention to young people, if these efforts are to be successful.

Combating Gender-Based Violence: A Key to Achieving the MDGS This advocacy kit outlines the problem of gender-based violence, elaborates its linkages to poverty, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and conflict, and discusses its impact on a nation's development. The goal is to mobilize leadership at the national, regional and global levels to make violence unacceptable.

Country Profiles for Population and Reproductive Health Policy Development and Indicators 2005 "Country Profiles for Population and Reproductive Health: Policy Development and Indicators 2005" covers the areas of socioeconomic health, adolescent reproductive health, gender equality and reproductive health commodity security. Indicators for ICPD Goals as well as MDGs are identified by special symbols. Information is also given on differences within countries between urban and rural areas, best performing and worst performing administrative regions, by education, and different income groups, where available.

Financial Resource Flows for Population Activities in 2003 Financial Resource Flows for Population Activities in 2003 is intended to be a tool for donor and developing country Governments, multilateral organizations and agencies, private foundations and NGOs to monitor progress in achieving the financial resource targets agreed to at the ICPD. Development cooperation officers and policy makers in developing countries can use the report to identify the domestically generated resources and complementary resources from donors needed to finance population and reproductive health programmes.

From Microfinance to Macro Change Integrating Health Education and Microfinance to Empower Women and Reduce Poverty This advocacy booklet calls for integration of reproductive health education with microfinance services in developing countries. It presents individual stories, case studies and dramatic findings to show the impact this combination can have on reducing poverty and improving individual lives. The booklet also offers eight concrete recommendations for action.

International Migration and the Millenium Development Goals Selected Papers of the UNFPA Expert Group Meeting The growing interest in and visibility of international migration and the 5-year review of progress towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals provided UNFPA with a good opportunity to convene recently an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) to analyze the interface between International Migration and the MDGs. This report is a compilation of selected papers presented at the meeting.

Reducing Poverty and Achieving the Millennium Development Goals Arguments for Investing in Reproductive Health and Rights This publication, which consists of two parts, underscores the importance of population issues, including reproductive health, as a critical component of national efforts to reduce poverty and achieve the MDGs.

Reproductive Health of Women in Thailand Progress and Challenges Towards Attainment of International Development Goals This report, produced in commemoration of the 2005 World Population Day in Thailand, examines Thailand’s progress in the area of women’s reproductive health in the context of major international declarations and conventions including CEDAW, ICPD in Cairo, Beijing Declaration, and MDGs.

Investing in People National Progress in Implementing the ICPD Programme of Action 1994-2004 This Global Survey includes responses from 169 countries on the steps they have taken to implement the Cairo Programme of Action, including measures related to population and development, gender equality, women's empowerment, reproductive rights and health and HIV/AIDS.

Investing in People -- A Summary National Progress in Implementing the ICPD Programme of Action 1994 - 2004 A summary of the Global Survey that includes responses from 169 countries on the measures they have taken to implement the Cairo Programme of Action in the fields of population and development, gender equality, women's empowerment, reproductive rights and health and HIV/AIDS.

Meeting the Challenges of Migration Progress since the ICPD This joint publication provides readers with an overview of key developments in addressing migration since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development and points to challenges ahead. Chapters deal with migration trends, policy development, economic migration, refugee protection, human trafficking, internal migration, data, and the links between migration and development and human rights.

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals Population and Reproductive Health as Critical Determinants -- Population and Development Strategies #10 The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), arising from the Millennium Summit in September 2000, are the overarching development objectives of the international community. The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) goal of universal access to quality reproductive health services by 2015 is not one of the MDGs. Yet as this publication demonstrates, it is essential for meeting the MDGs. The attainment of reproductive health and reproductive rights are fundamental for development, for fighting poverty and for meeting the MDG targets. Conversely, reproductive ill-health undermines development by, inter alia, diminishing the quality of women's lives, weakening and, in extreme cases, killing poor women of prime ages, and placing heavy burdens on families and communities. This publication shows by means of analytical graphics, the fundamental importance of addressing population and reproductive health for achieving the MDGs.

Country Profiles for Population and Reproductive Health Policy Development and Indicators 2003 In 1995, UNFPA published Resource Requirements for Population and Reproductive Health Programmes: Programme Country Profiles for Population Assistance. The current publication is an updated version of that volume, with a greater emphasis on policy and institutional commitments and a broader range of socio-economic, gender, demographic and health indicators. The expanded range of indicators reflects the priorities identified in the five-year review of the Programme of Action and the perspectives from the other international conferences of the 1990s that culminated in the Millennium Summit. Attention is also given to differences within countries. Indicators for ICPD and MDGs are identified by special symbols. Country Profiles for Population and Reproductive Health will be published every two years with updated policy descriptions and indicators. The information is also available on the UNFPA web site (http://www.unfpa.org/profile), where it will be updated annually. Internet technology allows users to display comparisons between countries as well. A CD-ROM is also available with search and comparison capabilities. (see ordering information)

Global Population and Water Access and Sustainability In the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Governments were committed to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration. As a means to further support efforts to eradicate poverty, they agreed to halve by the year 2015 the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation, as well as the proportion of people who are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water. The Population and Development Branch, TSD, prepared this report as a contribution to the dialogue that recently took place at the Third World Water Forum held in Kyoto, Japan, and covers the population, gender and health dimensions related to the ongoing debate on water resources.

Impact of HIV/AIDS A Population and Development Perspective Globally, the are about 42 million people living with HIV/AIDS and no major region of the world escapes the pandemic?s invasive presence. However, by far the greatest proportions are concentrated in the developing world where more than 95 percent of cases are located. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) address the major issues of our time, including halting and reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS. The new publication by UNFPA entitled The Impact of HIV/AIDS: A Population and Development Perspective focuses explicitly on the relationship between the pandemic, population and development. It shows that the spread of HIV/AIDS is setting back progress towards the MDGs and, in some settings, increasing poverty.

Population and Poverty: Achieving Equity, Equality and Sustainability Poverty has taken centre stage in development ever since it was raised as a priority global issue in the International Conferences in the 1990s and culminating in the Millennium Summit in September 2000 when world leaders pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including the overarching goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015. The United Nations has been given an important role in ensuring integrated and coordinated assistance to developing countries in their efforts to reduce poverty and in their pursuit of the MDGs. In this respect, UNFPA can play an important part in helping to achieve poverty reduction given the many links between poverty on one hand and population dynamics and structure, reproductive health, and women?s empowerment on the other, as discussed widely in this report. This report is based on an edited selection of presentations made at the Consultation organized by UNFPA in Princeton, New Jersey during September 30 ? October 2, 2002 to discuss the linkages between population, reproductive health, gender and poverty. The report reflects current thinking on the on-going dialogue on the above themes.

Population Ageing and Development Operational Challenges In Developing Countries UNFPA's focus in the area of population ageing is guided by the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the recommendations of ICPD+5, the goals of the Millennium Declaration and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing adopted at the 2nd World Assembly on Ageing. UNFPA supports the implementation of the Plan at the global, regional and national levels. This report, Population Ageing and Development: Operational Challenges in Developing Countries, part of the Population and Development Series (#5), documents the Fund's collaboration in a number of initiatives in the area of population, ageing and development, with information sourced from the Fund's country and inter-country programmes.

Population, Environment and Poverty Linkages Operational Challenges This new report provides an overview of the complex interrelations between population, the environment and poverty and the operational challenges they engender. The report documents UNFPA support for a number of programme initiatives in this area, and concludes that in order to achieve the mutually reinforcing UNCED and ICPD goals, now mainstreamed in the Millennium Declaration, actions are required by both developed and developing countries.

Workshop and Meeting Reports

Proceedings Report United Nations Inter-Agency Consultation on Engagement with Faith-based Organizations This publication reports on the interagency consultation hosted by UNFPA in July 2008. The meeting brought together representatives from various United Nations agencies that have some experience and insight regarding programmating 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).

Advocacy and Resource Mobilization for the 2010 Round of Censuses 24-25 February 2005 -- New York In February 2005, a joint UNFPA/UNSD International Meeting on the 2010 Round of Censuses was held in New York. The outcome of that meeting is reflected in this report.