Women and Population
Empowering women and girls is essential in the global drive to eliminate poverty, achieve social justice and stabilize the world’s population. Our Women & Population Team works together with the UN and other partners to promote gender equality and empower women and girls, with particular focus on reproductive and sexual health and rights.
Our women & population priorities include:
Promoting Reproductive Health
We are committed to achieving the global goal of universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services by 2015. We mobilize resources for initiatives that improve the quality and quantity of sexual and reproductive health services around the world; support efforts to expand availability of sexual and reproductive health commodities; and promote sexual and reproductive health services as a cornerstone of HIV/AIDS prevention efforts.
Investing in Adolescent Girls
We believe that investing in adolescent girls is critical to ending global poverty. Worldwide, there are almost 900 million girls and young women aged 10-24. Addressing their needs and ensuring their rights is critical to the future of local communities, nations and the entire world. Through advocacy and investment, the UN Foundation helps focus global attention on girls’ health, livelihoods and rights.
Strengthening UN Capacity
The United Nations is home to many of the world's most important international institutions for women and girls. UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the world's voice for reproductive health and family planning; UNIFEM, the UN Development Fund for Women, helps stem violence and promote women's human rights; and UNICEF provides critical services to girls and young women. We help strengthen the UN's capacity to achieve key Millennium Development Goals critical to women and girls, including goal 3 (promoting gender equality and empowering women) and goal 5 (improving maternal health) and achieving universal access to reproductive health.
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