ven., 24 mai 2013 13:28:20 +0000 ven., 24 mai 2013 13:28:20 +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/13532;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 This report aims to support the work of UNFPA and partners by presenting a background and rationale for engaging men and boys. It illustrates a range of initiatives that have engaged men and boys for the promotion of gender equality as well as sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/13190;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 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/13042;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 In Senegal, the movement to end female genital mutilation/cutting is reaching the most remote places. On the sandy roads of the Fouta region and along the river, the information about the problems caused by the traditional practice circulates, inspiring people in dozens of villages to rise up in support of women’s and girls’ health.     http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/11732;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 The conference documented in this report gave those working across a range of fields towards ending female genital mutilation/cutting a chance to share their experiences. Many participants indicated that it crucial for those in African countries to work more closely with those from other regions and countries to share and learn from one another’s efforts. Participants also explored the possibility of establishing an African Coordinating Centre for the Elimination of FGM/C, as proposed by the University of Nairobi. Participants identified gaps in research, policies, current interventions, monitoring and evaluation and encouraged the establishment of the proposed coordinating centre as a strategic and much needed action to address those gaps and support collaboration across the field. In particular, they viewed theproposed centre as a positive step in addressing the language barrier among campaigners in anglophone,francophone and Arabic-speaking nations. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/10046;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 Men need to be involved in reflective, in-depth discussions and comprehensive campaigns focused on ending violence against women. This report documents the work of one such effort, the Mobilising Men initiative, led by the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex in Britain) with support from UNFPA. Through partnerships with civil society groups in India, Kenya and Uganda beginning in 2009, th initiative trained men to be team activists in seeking gender balances. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/1294;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 UNFPA and UNICEF are working  towards  accelerated abandonment of female genital mutilation/ cutting within 17 countries by 2012. The focus of this joint funding proposal is to leverage social dynamics towards abandonment within selected communities that practice FGM/C. The main strategic approach is to gain the support of an initial core group, which decides to abandon FGM/C and mobilises a sufficient number of people to facilitate a tipping point and thereby create a rapid social shift of the cutting social convention norm. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/12166;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 This report is a clarion call to decision makers, parents, communities and to the world to end child marriage. It documents the current scope, prevalence and inequities associated with child marriage and highlights that by 2020, Some 142 million girls will be married by their 18th birthday if current trends continue. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/8825;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 Four reports commissioned by UNFPA offer insights into socio-cultural dynamics in Asian countries, with an emphasis on how religion influences their maternal and child health. The reports explore the main challenges that health workers are facing and provide recommendations for action. Common challenges noted include harmful traditional practices, affordability and quality of care,  and  service provider attitudes. Recommendations are aimed at increasing access to and utilization of maternal and child health services by addressing affordability, staff training, policies, information, attitudes of service providers, gender inequalities, management issues and community relations. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/9143;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 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/10761;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 This report documents progress during the third year of the Joint Programme. In 2010, the programme was implemented in Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Egypt, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda, with Eritrea, Mali and Mauritania also receiving some technical and financial assistance.   http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/10763;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 In  2009, the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Abandonment of FGM/C expanded activities to reach 12 of the 17 countries covered. This report document its activities. In 2009, a core feature of the programme’s implementation was the fostering of partnerships: with government authorities both at the local and national levels, religious authorities and local religious leaders, the media, civil society organizations of women and in the education and reproductive health sectors. In 2009, these partnerships have served to disseminate knowledge, empower communities and foster an enabling environment for collective social change towards a shift in the FGM/C social norm. By mainstreaming FGM/C into the reproductive health sector, the programme has also contributed to an improvement in the wellbeing of girls and women already subjected to FGM/C.   http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/4974;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 This publication reports on the Second United Nations Inter-agency Meeting on Engagement with Faith-based Organizations hosted by UNFPA in New York on 5 August 2009. The meeting brought together representatives of the United Nations agencies and bodies who have prior experience and continue to work with faith-based organizations, to update each other on respective developments with faith-based partnerships since the first Inter-agency Consultation in July 2008. The participants also reflected on the preceding two-day Policy Roundtable with international FBOs and discussed future scenarios of inter-agency collaboration on FBO engagement. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/10764;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 This is the first annual report of the Joint Programme, whose objective is to contribute to a 40 per cent reduction of the practice among girls aged 0-15 years, in key countries, with at least one country declared free of FGM/C by 2012. Although it aims to cover 17 countries where female genital cutting/mutilation is most prevalent, in 2008, the programme addressed the issue in eight countries key countries: Djibouti, Egypt,  Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya,Senegal and Sudan. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/4106;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 This interactive workshop manual is intended for training UNFPA and other UN-related development practitioners on the basics of how to communicate, negotiate and mediate about culturally sensitive issues. It includes an important programming tool - the Culture Lens - developed by UNFPA, as well as discussion of how it relates to international development goals, and how it can be applied. It also includes case studies from different national contexts and articles/reference documents related to culture. http://unfpa.org/public/cache/offonce/home/publications/pid/2188;jsessionid=7A691CC40D1A69C96C7820F96B2FF980.jahia02 This publication contains rich research findings concerning global trends and the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting and its linkages with maternal and newborn health. It describes changing patterns and practices, including medicalization, and analyzes the threat FGM/C poses to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals as well as its economic and health costs. It identifies important lessons and discusses in detail case studies as well as the application of theories as a basis for accelerating the abandonment process.