🌍 The world has made significant strides during the International Decade for People of #AfricanDescent. Over the last ten years, governments and organizations have worked to #FightRacism and advance equality for #Afrodescendent communities. Swipe through this comic by May Solimar to see some of the key achievements, including national policies, affirmative action, and monitoring systems designed to protect and empower people of African descent. Yet, as we celebrate, we also recognize that challenges remain, especially for Afrodescendent women and girls who continue to face intersecting forms of discrimination and severe inequities. Join the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in this ongoing journey towards justice and equity. Together, we can end discrimination and uplift the voices of Afrodescendent communities. #ICPD30 #GlobalGoals
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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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.
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- International Affairs
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- New York, NY
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- Nonprofit
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- 1969
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- 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
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⚠ Heavy flooding in #Cameroon has severely damaged health facilities, putting thousands of pregnant women at risk. See how the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is taking action to make #motherhood safer: https://unf.pa/djh
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🚨 Black women are disproportionately impacted by racial discrimination and gender inequality, often with life-threatening consequences. See how the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem says we can #FightRacism to empower Black women and girls for a just future: https://unf.pa/eou #GlobalGoals
‘Each of Us Has Our Role To Play': Dr. Natalia Kanem Of The United Nations Population Fund Shares Ways To Empower Black Women And Girls For A Just Future | Essence
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Gunshots reverberate day and night around Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where gang violence has forced over half a million people across the country to flee their homes. Sexual violence is carried out with impunity. The lawlessness and violence also hinders efforts to support those affected. Swipe to hear directly from women and girls in Port-au-Prince about the stark reality of life right now, and see how the @UNFPA and local partners are working around the clock every day against a tidal wave of violence to prevent and alleviate their suffering: https://unf.pa/mal 📷 Photo © Digiprod Productions #Haiti #ENDviolence #GlobalGoals
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⚠️ #Midwives are the single most important factor in stopping mothers and babies from dying during childbirth. Join the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem to celebrate the heroes who make #motherhood safer: https://unf.pa/mid #WednesdayWisdom
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At just 15 years old, Maiga is dealing with the impacts of being raped. She’s one of many women and girls in #Mali receiving support for physical, sexual, and psychological violence at the One Stop Centre in Mopti. 🎥 See how the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is supporting this life-saving care. #ENDviolence
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Women and girls in Sudan have endured unimaginable suffering for 17 months: 🟠 war 🟠 hunger 🟠 displacement 🟠 sexual violence UNFPA Arab States Regional Director, Laila Baker visited a maternity hospital and a safe space, both supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). #KeepEyesOnSudan and join our call for urgent access to humanitarian relief and an end to the fighting.
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Almost 90% of Gaza’s population, 1.9 million people, has been displaced at least once by evacuation orders issued by Israeli forces, seeking something that does not exist - safety. The war in #Gaza has rendered pregnancy unsafe for women. Ongoing hostilities, repeated evacuation orders, a breakdown in public order and safety, and access challenges are also preventing an effective humanitarian response that would provide the care they need. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—and partners continue to provide support despite the insurmountable circumstances, but the only way to ensure people have access to the basics to survive—food, water, health services and safe shelter—is with an immediate and sustained #CeasefireNOW. See the harsh life of fear and homelessness that women and girls in Gaza endure amid the ruins of their former lives ➡️ https://unf.pa/hfd Photos © UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic
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🚨 #Somalia is dealing with a humanitarian crisis that has pushed women and girls to the brink. Food shortages, climate disasters, limited services, and rights violations jeopardize their lives. Join the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to call on world leaders to #ActForHumanity: https://unf.pa/hhw
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“We were constantly expecting something bad to happen. Hope had no place in our hearts,” said Esraa (32). As the crisis in #Sudan deepens, accessing health care has become a critical challenge for the people of Khartoum. See how a mobile health team supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is providing reproductive health and protection services to women and girls: https://unf.pa/hhn #ENDviolence
“Hope had no place in our hearts”: UNFPA mobile health teams treat pregnant women fleeing violence in Sudan
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