UNFPA
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News:
UNFPA project in
Rajasthan for gender sensitivity gets support from experts
What's
in the news?
● A
project of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for gender sensitivity in
Rajasthan has received support from the experts working for the elimination of
customs promoting patriarchy.
Key
takeaways:
● The
four-month-long project aims at promoting gender equality and shaping public
opinion to end gender-based discrimination.
UNFPA:
● UNFPA
is the United Nations sexual and
reproductive health agency.
● It
was established as a trust fund in 1967 and began operations in 1969.
● Its
headquarters is in New York.
Nodal
Authority:
● The
UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
establishes its mandate.
Motto:
● Ensuring
rights and choices for all.
Goal:
● The
goal of UNFPA is to ensure sexual and reproductive rights and choices for all,
especially women and young people, so that they can access high-quality sexual
and reproductive health services, including voluntary family planning, maternal
health care and comprehensive sexuality education.
Finance:
● UNFPA
is not supported by the UN budget,
instead, it is entirely supported by voluntary contributions of donor
governments, intergovernmental organizations, the private sector, foundations
and individuals.
Features:
● UNFPA
works directly to tackle Sustainable Development Goals on health (SDG3), education (SDG4) and gender equality (SDG5).
● Its
mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth
is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
● It
promotes gender equality and empower women, girls and young people to take
control of their bodies and their futures.
● It
works with partners in more than 150 countries to provide access to a wide
range of sexual and reproductive health services
● UNFPA
work is guided by the principles of a
human rights-based approach set in place by 1994 International Conference
on Population and Development (ICPD), gender empowerment and equality, and the
imperative that no one is left behind.
● UNFPA
works towards achieving three transformative results that promise to change the
world for every woman, man and young person by 2030.
○ Ending
preventable maternal deaths.
○ Ending
unmet need for family planning.
○ Ending
gender-based violence and harmful practices including child marriage and female
genital mutilation.
Works:
● The
State of World Population is
published annually which covers and analyses developments and trends in world
population and demographics, as well as shedding a light on specific regions,
countries and population groups and the unique challenges they face.