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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Asia and the Pacific A Region in Transition This most recent UNFPA publication gives an overview of the Asia and Pacific Region; provides a detailed analysis of some of the crucial issues facing the region - adolescent reproductive health, population ageing, rising spread of HIV/AIDS, gender discrimination, gender-based violence, situations of crisis; and highlights UNFPA's core interventions and major initiatives in each of these areas.

State of World Population

Growing Up Urban State of World Population 2007: Youth Supplement This is the second edition of the Youth Supplement to UNFPA’s State of World Population. The 2007 report focuses on urbanization; the Youth Supplement addresses the challenges and promises of urbanization as they affect young people. In 2008, for the first time, more than half of the world’s population will live in urban areas, and the number and proportion of urban young people is increasing dramatically. Most will be born into poor families, where fertility tends to be higher.

State of World Population 2007 Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth In 2008, for the first time, more than half of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. By 2030, towns and cities will be home to almost 5 billion people. The urban population of Africa and Asia will double in less than a generation. This unprecedented shift could enhance development and promote sustainability—or it could deepen poverty and accelerate environmental degradation. The 2007 State of World Population report outlines the challenges and opportunities presented by the coming, inevitable urban growth. It also dispels many misconceptions about urbanization and calls on policymakers to take concerted, proactive steps to harness the potential of cities to improve the lives of all.

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 |

State of World Population 1999 6 Billion: A Time for Choices Women are having fewer children than ever before, and population growth has slowed from 2.0 to 1.3 per cent in 30 years. But large families in the recent past mean that there are many more women of childbearing age. Global population is still rising by about 78 million people a year. Half the world is under 25 and there are over a billion young people between 15 and 24, the parents of the next generation. HTML Version | English |

State of World Population 1998 The New Generations More young people than ever are entering their childbearing and working years. At the same time, the number and proportion of people over age 65 are increasing at an unprecedented rate. Our future will be shaped by how well families and societies meet the needs of these growing "new generations": education and health -- including reproductive health -- for the young, and social, medical and financial support for the elderly. HTML Version | English | Français |

State of World Population 1996 Changing Places: Population, Development and the Urban Future Within ten years, more than half the people in the world will be living in cities. Most of the urban population increase will be in developing countries. Investment in social development--in health, education and a better life for women--will be the key to whether urbanization will improve the lives of people or increase human misery. HTML Version | English |

Technical Publications

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.

Women, Ageing and Health: A Framework for Action Focus on Gender This Framework for Action addresses the health status and factors that influence women's health at midlife and older ages with a focus on gender. It provides guidance on how policy-makers, practitioners, nongovernmental organizations and civil society can improve the health and wellbeing of ageing women by simultaneously applying both a gender and an ageing lens in their policies, programmes and practices, as well as in research.

Ending Child Marriage: A Guide for Global Policy Action Tackling child marriage is a daunting but possible task, requiring political will and proactive multi-faceted strategies at the international, national and community levels. Ending Child Marriage: A Guide for Global Policy Action is part of a wider advocacy strategy to raise awareness on child marriage and its effects on communities.

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.

Financial Resource Flows for Population Activities in 2004 This report 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.

Gender, Health and Development in the Americas Basic Indicators 2005 The brochure profiles gender differences in health and development in the 48 states and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on women's reproductive health, access to key health services, and major causes of death. Its objective is to raise awareness of gender inequities in the region and promote the use of sex-disaggregated health statistics in the development of targeted health and development policies and other initiatives.

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.

Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of People Living with HIV In Brief: 2006 Series, No. 6 Three decades into the global AIDS pandemic, it is abundantly clear that enormous challenges remain, both in containing and reducing HIV infection rates and in helping people with HIV live longer, healthier lives. HIV prevention programmes must actively involve people living with HIV, working with them to decrease the risk of transmitting the virus to others while also making sure that HIV-negative people share in that responsibility.

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.

The ICPD Vision: How Far Has the 11-Year Journey Taken Us? Report from a UNFPA Panel Discussion at the IUSSP XXV International Population Conference This publication reports on the UNFPA Panel at the XXV IUSSP International Population Conference that was held in Tours, France in July 2005. The discussions provided different perceptions on the impact of ICPD, some critical of ICPD for not paying sufficent attention to population-level demography and advocating for a much stronger focus on population dynamics and the consequences for development, the other, supportive of the Cairo Agenda, stressing the important accomplishments since ICPD, while addressing some of the constraints faced.

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.

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.

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.

Sector Wide Approaches, a resource book for UNFPA staff and partners This book aims to familiarise you with Sector Wide Approaches (SWAps) and to help in preparing you to face the challenges they pose. It is designed in an accessible way in order to be useful to both those with no prior knowledge of SWAps, and to those who have already operated within a SWAp environment and wish to build on existing knowledge. The materials draw mostly on health sector experiences and examples, and are based on work prepared by the HLSP Institute for UNFPA.

Country Commodity Manager CCM: a Computer Program for the Management and Forecasting of Reproductive Health Commodity Needs This is the downloadable manual in five languages to accompany the Country Commodity Manager (CCM), a software program that helps UNFPA Country Offices assess their reproductive health commodity requirements, stock positions and identify shortfalls. CCM also provides a mechanism to readily transmit each country's data to UNFPA headquarters from their country offices for use in generating global level reports for the purposes of planning, advocacy and resource mobilization.

Culture Matters – Working with Communities and Faith-based Organizations Case Studies from Country Programmes This new report—on working within cultures to foster stronger progress towards achieving international development goals and advancing human rights—provides insight into integrating cultural analysis in development programmes, especially in the critical areas of gender equity and equality and reproductive health and rights.

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.

Counting the People: Constraining Census Costs and Assessing Alternative Approaches Population and Development Strategies #7 The papers in this report are based on an edited selection of presentations made at two meetings on population censuses. The first was the UNFPA/PARIS21 International Expert Group Meeting on Mechanisms for Ensuring Continuity of 10-Year Population Censuses: Strategies for Reducing Census Costs held in Pretoria on 26-29 November 2001 and the second meeting was a UNFPA In-House Capacity Building Workshop on Population Censuses: New Directions and Cost Saving Strategies held in Princeton, New Jersey on 21-23 October 2002.

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)

Financial Resource Flows for Population Activities in 2001 Financial Resource Flows for Population Activities in 2001, monitors progress towards achievement of the financial targets agreed in Cairo at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, ICPD. This report provides information on donor assistance and domestic expenditures for population activities, including reproductive health services, family planning services, STD/HIV/AIDS activities, and basic research, data and population and development policy analysis. The Financial Resources Flows for Population Project (RF)is a collaboration between UNFPA, UNAIDS and NIDI to establish a refined annual data collection, monitoring, and information dissemination system on global financial flows for population activities.

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.

Trafficking in Women, Girls and Boys Key Issues for Population and Development Programmes Trafficking in persons, their transportation and sale for labour of any kind, whether within or outside national boundaries, is a modern form of slavery and a violation of the human rights of the victims. More than 700,000 persons are trafficked each year from one country to another, but the numbers are greatly magnified when in-country figures are taken into account. An overwhelming majority of victims are women, girls and boys. The primary objective is commercial sexual exploitation. Giving expression to its concern, UNFPA organized a consultative meeting in Bratislava from 2-4 October 2002 to seek ways of addressing the problem. The present report is the outcome of this meeting.

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 Ageing and Development Social, Health and Gender Issues A special report from the Expert Group Meeting on Population Ageing and Development. Population ageing has become one of the most significant demographic processes of modern times. An inevitable consequence of the demographic transition and the shift to lower fertility and reduced mortality, the ageing of the world?s population has many countries facing unprecedented numbers and proportions of older persons. As part of the preparatory activities leading up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing, UNFPA convened, in collaboration with the United Nations Programme on Ageing, AARP and HelpAge International. This publication provides a summary of the papers presented and the discussions, along with the meeting?s conclusions and recommendations.

Population and Housing Censuses Strategies for Reducing Costs UNFPA, in partnership with the PARIS21 Census Task Team, and with additional support provided by EUROSTAT and the United States Bureau of the Census, organised an international conference to review budgetary and funding issues related to conducting censuses so as to try to ensure stability in the future funding of cost-effective censuses. The UNFPA/PARIS21 International Expert Group Meeting on Mechanisms for Ensuring Continuity of 10-Year Population Censuses: Strategies for Reducing Census Costs was held in Pretoria, on 26-29 November 2001 and hosted by the Government of South Africa. This report contains a summary of the papers presented and their discussions, along with the conclusions, recommendations and next steps adopted by all participants on the final day of the meeting.

Reproductive Health and Employment Implications for Young People Almost all United Nations global conferences in the last decade have recognized that youth unemployment is a growing problem that needs to be addressed, and that placing youth at the centre of the development agenda is a key to sustainable development. This publication provides a brief overview of how youth unemployment, especially among girls, is linked to problems of poverty, ill health, and illiteracy.

Situations and Voices The Older Poor and Excluded in South Africa and India Population ageing is increasingly becoming an issue for concern throughout the world, and particularly in less developed countries where the growth of the older population is ever more rapid. In order to sharpen international focus on some of the key operational challenges faced by older people today, in early 2001 UNFPA commissioned a pilot study in South Africa and India. The study methodology entailed a literature review, including an analysis of the socio-cultural factors affecting older people, and a participatory assessment of how older persons perceive their lives. This publication contains the main findings of the study.

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.

Education is Empowerment: Promoting Goals in Population, Reproductive Health and Gender Report of a Technical Consultation on UNFPA's Role in Education. 8-10 December 2003 - New York This meeting report is based on a Fund-wide consultation to review UNFPA's three-decade long experience in population education (PopEd).

Training Workshop on Leadership, Media & Conflict Management for Women in Afghanistan In April 2004, UNFPA conducted a training workshop on leadership, media and conflict management for women in Afghanistan. This workshop was designed to address the challenges noted at the earlier global meeting in Slovakia, of helping women become leaders and find solutions to their societies' problems, and formulating strategies and tools to ensure that UNFPA fully supports this empowerment, specifically by addressing those strategies through a comprehensive gender-sensitive approach.

Training Workshop on Capacity-Building For Non-Governmental Organizations in Conflict/Post-Conflict Settings The "Training Workshop on Capacity-Building for NGOs in Conflict/Post-Conflict Situations" was held in Bratislava, Slovakia, 18-22 November 2002.

Report of the UNFPA Workshop on Sector-Wide Approaches (SWAps) The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with the financial and technical assistance of DFID and ICDA, organized a Workshop on Sector-Wide Approaches (SWAps) at its New York headquarters from 12-13 October 2000. The primary objective of the workshop was to enable UNFPA and other participating institutions to learn more about critical issues related in the planning and implementation of sector-wide approaches (SWAps) focusing on the health sector. The knowledge acquired would assist them in fine tuning their responses to this increasingly popular approach, and in laying the groundwork for harmonizing such responses. This objective was to be achieved through exchange of experiences with representatives of programme country governments implementing SWAps in the health sector and official of multi-lateral and bi-lateral development agencies.