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My Body Is My Own
We have the inherent right to choose what we do with our body, to ensure its protection and care, to pursue its expression. The quality of our lives depends on it. In fact, our lives themselves depend on it.
COVID-19 & Gender: Building Forward Better on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Eritrea
This brief explores the work of the UN in Eritrea to complement the government’s efforts to promote gender equality and women's empowerment. It sets out recommendations for the recovery process, focusing on women’s empowerment in the decision-making processes related to the COVID-19 response.
One Vision Three Zeros
In 2018, we at UNFPA set in motion a strategic effort, based on quality data, to achieve three zeros by 2030: zero unmet need for contraception; zero preventable maternal deaths; and zero gender-based violence and harmful practices. This report shows the impact our programmes have had on the lives of women and girls in 155 countries and territories in 2018.
State of World Population 2019
Fifty years ago, it was hard for women to obtain contraception and relatively easy to die giving birth. Many women were unable to decide whom and when to marry, and when or whether to have children.
A worldwide movement to give women real choices in life culminated in the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), where a consensus was reached about the links between women’s empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, and rights and sustainable development.
The Power of Choice: Reproductive Rights and the Demographic Transition
Not so long ago, most people had large families: five children, on average. Where once there was one global fertility rate, today there are many, with differences wider than at any point in human history.
Eritrea Country Programme 2017-2021
This document provides a country profile for Eritrea, government priorities, the previous country programme, and the proposed country programme for 2017-2021.