mar., 21 mai 2013 03:18:47 +0000 mar., 21 mai 2013 03:18:47 +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/12405;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.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=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.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=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.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/3292;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.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/7236;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.jahia01 After more than a decade and a half, the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development remains a visionary, holistic and pragmatic blueprint for countries seeking to address many of the challenges they face. This was just one of the conclusions of the ICPD at 15 review, which is described in this publication. The review found that progress in implementing this blueprint has been multilayered, varied and uneven. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/6526;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.jahia01 This publication answers these key questions: What is universal access to reproductive health? Why is it important? How far have we progressed? And where do we go from here? The report recognizes the complexity of the task, which deals not only with the most personal of decisions and cultural norms, but also with the daunting realities of bringing any form of health care to all, even in some of the world’s poorest countries. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/6532;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.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/5842;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.jahia01 Its title, 'Accelerating Efforts to Advance the Rights of Adolescent Girls,' describes the joint pledge by UNFPA, UNICEF, ILO, UNESCO, UNIFEM, and WHO to intensify support  to advance key policies and programmes that empower the hardest-to-reach adolescent girlsin developing countries, particularly those aged 10 to 14 years old. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/3888;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.jahia01 These briefing cards outline why decision-makers should prioritise saving mothers’ and newborns’ lives and key investments they should make in order to achieve that goal. Designed for use by policymakers, civil society groups, and advocates, the cards explain why the world needs to invest now in maternal, newborn, and reproductive health and the strategic actions needed to improve vital health services for mothers and their newborns in the developing world. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/healthyexpectations;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.jahia01 This booklet is issued in commemoration of the first 15 years of the 20-year Programme of Action adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo. Using charts and graphs, it maps out progress, highlights disparities and calls attention to areas where accelerated action is needed to meet the commitments made in 1994. It also examines the links between the many areas of action outlined in Programme of Action and some of the associated costs. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/406;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.jahia01 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. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/2599;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.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. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/1347;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.jahia01 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. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/1343;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.jahia01 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? For perhaps the first time in history, questions such as these are not simply rhetorical. They have answers: answers that go to the very heart of what it means to be a woman or a man, wealthy or poor. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/2067;jsessionid=587333A54F1F42C47608637B24FCA40C.jahia01 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.