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The Global community on 31st of March 2015 pledged financial support of 3.8 billion US dollars to crisis hit Syria at the third International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria held in Kuwait city at Bayan Palace. The financial aid will help the United Nations (UN) organizations and partners to meet urgent needs of victims of Syria’s civil war and neighbouring countries. The UNled conference was attended by representatives of 78 nations and 40 humanitarian organizations
2014 Annual Report of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
This report documents major achievements and innovations in 2014, the initial year of Phase II of the Joint Programme, with a focus on three major outcome areas:
• Improved policy and legal environments for the elimination of female genital mutilation (FGM)
• Increased quality of related health-care, protection, legal and social services
• Increased acceptance of the elimination of the social norm upholding FGM.
Of particular note in 2014 was the emergence of empowered young people as a bold, dynamic and growing force for change. This report celebrates their energy, commitment and courage. To that end, quotes and stories (from Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, Somalia and Uganda) are woven through the report, highlighting the powerful contributions of young people. The report also takes the example of Kenya to demonstrate how all of the Joint Programme's strategic approaches can work together to accelerate change.
The year also saw the expansion of the Joint Programme to include Nigeria and Yemen, bringing the total number of programme countries to 17.
Newsletter - Volume III, Issue II
Inside this issue:
- Implanon: An addition to Modern Birth-Spacing Methods in Oman
- Y-PEER Oman at Khareef Salalah Festival 2014
- UNFPA awarded on GCC School Health Day Celebration
- Population Development Activities in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and State of Qatar
- UNFPA GCC Advocacy Campaign for ICPD Beyond 2014
- GCC Members of Parliaments Participate in International Gatherings on Population and Development
Newsletter - Volume II, Issue IV
Inside this issue:
- IUCD Skill Development Workshop
- International Women's Day
- Launching UNFPA Regional Strategy on GBV
Newsletter - Volume III, Issue III
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, Sub -Regional Office for the GCC Countries, received an award from the Ministry of Health (MOH) for its continuous support for the Birth Spacing Programme of the Sultanate. The award was presented by H.E. the Undersecretary for Planning, Dr. Ali Talib AlHinai.
UNFPA Operational Guidance for Comprehensive Sexuality Education
The right of access to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is grounded in fundamental human rights and is a means to empower young people to protect their health, well-being and dignity. This Operational Guidance sets out UNFPA's framework for CSE, which is one of five prongs to UNFPA‘s Adolescent and Youth Strategy. This document guides UNFPA's support to governments and other partners as CSE programmes, both in and out of school, are designed, implemented and evaluated. Building on current standards, it outlines steps to identify priorities, implement actions and evaluate outcomes - providing country-specific examples, tools for programme managers and technical advisers.
UNFPA (Global) Annual Report 2013
"This annual report summarizes the 2013 programmes, objectives and initiatives achieved, both globally and regionally, in 2013. UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, worked with 159 countries, territories and other areas in 2013 to help deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled."
State of World Population 2014
he right of access to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is grounded in fundamental human rights and is a means to empower young people to protect their health, well-being and dignity. This Operational Guidance sets out UNFPA's framework for CSE, which is one of five prongs to UNFPA‘s Adolescent and Youth Strategy. This document guides UNFPA's support to governments and other partners as CSE programmes, both in and out of school, are designed, implemented and evaluated. Building on current standards, it outlines steps to identify priorities, implement actions and evaluate outcomes - providing country-specific examples, tools for programme managers and technical advisers.Young people matter. They matter because an unprecedented 1.8 billion youth are alive today, and because they are the shapers and leaders of our global future. They matter because they have inherent human rights that must be fulfilled. Yet, in a world of adult concerns, young people are often overlooked. This tendency cries out for urgent correction, because it imperils youth as well as economies and societies at large.
Adding It Up 2014
The 2014 edition of Adding It Up expands the scope of the report and provides new estimates of the needs for and costs and benefits of sexual and reproductive health interventions in the following key areas:...
Choices, Not Chance
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More than 40 per cent of the world’s population are under 25, they are shaping both humanity’s future, and its present. UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency working in over 150 countries to promote the sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights of young people. We are committed to ensuring that young people have the information, services and supplies they need to make a safe, healthy and fulfilling transition from adolescence to adulthood. We see this as a moral obligation as well as a social, economic and political necessity.