ven., 24 mai 2013 06:02:47 +0000 ven., 24 mai 2013 06:02:47 +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.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/13190;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 This report presents findings from a mapping initiative that aimed to capture how faith-based organizations respond to violence against women and girls in the Asia-Pacific region. As a collaborative initiative between UNFPA and the Asia-Pacific Women Faith and Development Alliance (AP-WFDA), it sought to identify examples of strategies used by faith-based organizations. The report brings together the experiences of 58 organizations collected through an online survey, supplemented by in-depth interviews conducted with selected agencies. Importantly, the survey results represent only a small proportion of the faith-based organizations addressing violence against women and girls across the region. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/13207;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 As the global spotlight has turned more sharply over the last decade on the persistence of violence against women and girls, the need for more and better data to inform evidence-based programming in order to address this human rights violation has escalated. As this brochure describes, advocates and defenders of women’s and girls’ safety and rights, as well as international agencies, national policymakers and donors, need to to understand the nature and magnitude of the violence. They seek information and guidance on how statistically sound data can be collected on a subject that, though present and often pervasive in most societies and cultures, is sensitive and often hidden. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/12405;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 This report offers an updated review of the various facets and the latest trends and differentials in sex selection in Asia. It includes a set of recommendations to combat gender discrimination and prenatal sex selection at the national and regional level. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/10986;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 This report provides key messages on the relationship between population dynamics and sustainable development. It was prepared in the lead-up to Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, following extensive consultations and collaborations with thirteen sister agencies, civil society organizations, acedemics and the private sector. It served as the basis for over a dozen briefings and consultations prior to Rio +20. In addition to informing the conference, the report includes important lessons for discussions of the international development goals post-2015. It argues that: Population dynamics have a significant influence on sustainable development. Efforts to promote sustainable development that do not address population dynamics will continue to, fail. Population dynamics are not destiny. Change is possible through a set of policies which respect human rights and freedoms and contribute to a reduction in fertility, notably access to sexual and reproductive health care, education beyond the primary level, and the empowerment of women.   http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/3935;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 This brochure tracks resource flows for financing the ICPD Programme of Action, including the revised estimates that take into account current needs and costs. It provides facts and figures (based on data from 2006 and estimates from 2007 and 2008) to answer these questions: Why fund population activities? How much will it take to achieve the ICPD objectives? Where are we now? Who is funding what? Where is the money going? What countries are benefitting? How much are countries mobilizing themselves? How much do we need? http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/9143;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 This report of the global meeting on Skewed Sex Ratios at Birth: Addressing the Issue and the Way Forward, held in  Viet Nam in October, provides an overview of the meeting and delves into some key trends, determinants, consequences and responses on the issue. Challenges and recommendations are also included. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/3292;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 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. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/6717;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 This paper presents evidence and analysis to support the integration of young people’s rights, needs, and aspirations in poverty reduction strategies. It shows how to make a convincing and evidence-based case for prioritizing the needs of young people among other competing claims for resources for the poverty eradication agenda. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/5848;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01  The profiles in this publication highlight how well each of the priority countries (which together represent 95 per cent of maternal and child mortality) is doing in increasing coverage of high-impact interventions that can save the lives of millions of women and children. The core indicators included in these updated profiles encompass key elements of the reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health continuum of care. The report also includes a brief report providing a snapshot of progress on these core indicators across the priority countries, revealing promising news as well as challenges that still remain to be addressed. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/6532;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 This publication looks at current data, trends and differentials in universal access to reproductive health, the second target of Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG5.b). Focusing on the  three indicators within that target (adolescent fertility, contraceptive prevalence and the unmet need for family planning), the report clearly demonstrates that intensified efforts are needed to extend reproductive health to all, and that quality data are essential to monitor progress and identify priorities for action. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/6598;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 This inter-agency report presents the global, regional, and country estimates of maternal mortality in 2008 and assesses trends in maternal mortality levels since 1990. These new estimates show that notable progress, but the annual rate of decline is less than half of what is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goal target of reducin... http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/4462;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 This youth supplement to UNFPA's flagship State of the World Population Report addresses climate change through the perspectives and experiences of seven young people (from Brazil, Marshall Islands, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines and U.S.A.). It explores how environmental changes are affecting their lives, and what further climatic changes could mean for young people's lives, livelihoods, health, rights and development. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/3705;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 This report provides a comprehensive picture and analysis of the increasingly imbalanced sex ratios at birth occurring in Viet Nam. In 2000 the country's sex ratio at birth, an important demographic indicator, was at normal levels and was estimated to be fairly close to normal (105 boys to 100 girls). That ratio increased to 112.1 in 2008. The current growth of 1 point per year since 2006 means that the ratio might cross the 115 mark within three years, which would significantly affect the country’s demographic and sex structure. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/3346;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 This series of Adolescent Data Guides, which draws principally on data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS),  aims to provide decision makers at all levels – from governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and advocacy groups – with data on the situation of adolescent girls and boys and young women. The age range covered is 10-24. The data are presented in graphs, tables, and maps (wherever possible), providing multiple formats to make the information accessible to a range of audiences. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/2599;jsessionid=E74A41F4C2BA70EC0696279D0427B59A.jahia01 This reference guide analyses how well the Millennium Development Goals have been implemented in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Because these goals are somewhat limited in scope, the guide suggests that the more comprehensive Programme of Action from the International Conference on Population and Development also be used to supplement what the MDGs have omitted. Specifically, the issue of sexual and reproductive health, which was left out of the original MDGs, is a critical factor in meeting them.