“With what I’ve been through, I’d rather have died.” Women and girls in #Haiti face daily horrors due to ongoing gang violence. 🎥 Hear Esther* tell her terrifying story and see how the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting the care she's receiving. *Name changed for protection #ENDViolence
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
International Affairs
New York, NY 718,060 followers
Ensuring rights and choices for all since 1969
About us
UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Our mission is to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
- Website
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https://www.unfpa.org
External link for United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- Industry
- International Affairs
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1969
- Specialties
- Population and development strategies, Responding to the AIDS epidemic, Gender equality and women's empowerment, Culturally sensitive human rights-based approaches, Supporting adolescents and youth, and Assisting in emergencies
Locations
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Primary
605 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10158, US
Employees at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Updates
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👜 Sewing bags 🍕 Making pizza 🧁 Baking pastries With support from the United Nations, displaced women in the #Philippines are developing new skills and earning their own income: https://unf.pa/fbb via UN News
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🚨 Ensuring that everyone has equal access to essential services without fear, stigma or discrimination is crucial to #endAIDS. Check out the UNAIDS 2024 Global AIDS Update Report to see why protecting human rights protects public health: https://unf.pa/ufr #StandUp4HumanRights #GlobalGoals
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⚠️ Quilombola — members of traditional Black communities in #Brazil — have long struggled with structural discrimination. With support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), they have been included in the national census for the first time. See why counting people as they are is key to a more inclusive world: https://unf.pa/cev #GlobalGoals
Counting every voice: Brazil's census includes quilombola communities for the first time
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🚫 Policymakers can easily ignore certain populations by assuming they don't exist. This can only STOP by counting people as they are. Speak out with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) if you agree governments must commit to gathering inclusive #data: unf.pa/emb #GlobalGoals
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🚨 More than ⅓ of women in #Azerbaijan have been subjected to some form of violence by their partner. See how this helpline supported by Takeda and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is working to #ENDviolence: https://unf.pa/hdl #GlobalGoals
“Hope dies last”: UNFPA helpline empowers gender-based violence survivors in Azerbaijan
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“The gangs were indiscriminately killing women and men alike.” Mariline is one of the over 84,000 pregnant women #Haiti who lack secure access to health care due to gang violence. 🎥 See what gender she hopes her baby will be and how the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is taking action to make motherhood safer 🧡 #ENDviolence
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🎯 Understanding diverse identities and experiences will lead to more targeted solutions. That's why we need data. It's only when we count people as they are that we will #LeaveNoOneBehind. Let the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) explain: unf.pa/emb
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#Belgium is investing in maternal health with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), through the Maternal Health and Newborn Fund. This partnership is vital in making motherhood safer, and ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths worldwide. Every day, around 800 women die from pregnancy or childbirth complications – deaths that are largely preventable. See how Belgium and UNFPA are working towards a world where no mother or newborn dies during pregnancy or childbirth: https://unf.pa/bcm #MaternalHealth #TeamEurope
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"Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression.” Around the world, harmful stereotypes, practices and laws continue to prevent women and girls from reaching their full potential. On #MandelaDay, let us take inspiration from the memory of Nelson Mandela and each commit to playing our part in creating a world with #GenderEquality. #GlobalGoals
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